[Caipirabob]

The anthem was performed by singer Marc Anthony, born in the USA and of Puerto Rican ancestry.

I find the commentary unconscionable. My wife and kids are moreno and more American than any of the alleged Americans making these statements.

Looks more like a democrat party/KKK reunion.

Facts behind this statement for the unwashed:

History shows that the Ku Klux Klan was the terrorist arm of the Democrat Party.

The Truth Comes Out...The KKK Was Founded By The Democrat Party

[Tax-chick]

He’s Jennifer Lopez’s ex-, right?

I hear him sometimes on the Sirius Spanish-pop channel. He is a good vocalist.

[Portcall24]

I agree with you. I served with Puerto Ricans in the military for years, both on active duty as well as with the National Guard and Air National Guard. They fought and died as brothers in arms in all our wars. This twitter attack is BS.

[Mrs. Don-o]

I hate racism. And that’s a natural fact.

[rawhide]

Much noise about nothing!

[John Leland 1789]

Was this in place of the Star Spangled Banner ?

[Fresh Wind]

It’s a good thing there are no Hispanics playing in MLB. That would be Un-American. /s

[basil]

It looks to me like most of the people criticizing him don’t have a very large vocabulary........mainly just the F bomb.

[ClearCase_guy]

I would guess that these hateful comments are coming from two groups:

1) People who are very upset with Obama's amnesty for illegal aliens plan.
2) People who think Trayvon was viciously assassinated by a Hispanic guy

There is, potentially, a racial demographic associated with the 1) and the 2) above. I leave it as an exercise to the reader to determine if the split is 50%/50% or if perhaps one of the above groups is perhaps especially outraged and especially vocal this week, and perhaps representing much more than 50% of the comments.

For my own opinion, I see no reason to be surprised or upset that someone with a Hispanic background would sing a patriotic song at a baseball game. Seems pretty natural to me, no matter what other events are going in the political world.

[Biggirl]

I was ou Tuesday night and missed the early part of the ASG. Who sang the national anthem? Thank-you!

[gunsequalfreedom]

Let’s not link to tumblr, please. This is blog pimping and on tumble 80% is porn

[napscoordinator]

This is just another reason baseball is losing it’s popularity. Baseball fans are so dumb. And we say it has nothing to do with racism? Marc Anthony is 100 percent American and the so called baseball fans are complaining that he sung?????

[RPTMS]

These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know, morons.

[Pinkbell]

This is like when they attcked that young boy who sang the national anthem and wore mariachi clothing because he’s a mariachi singer. He did a fantastic job, but he was attacked. Marc Anthony is a well established singer who has been around for a long time. I can’t believe people would criticize him.

[cripplecreek]

What a load. This baseball fan didn’t think anything of it.

[Pinkbell]

I loved the irony of people complaining about him singing God Bless America while using the F bomb, sometimes directed at him, one time in saying something like f****** Christ.

My favorite, though, was:

Kesha, the girl who uses satanic images in her music videos and performances, should sing God Bless America? LOL!

[Zhang Fei]

In a population of 300m people, there are gonna be some bozos. As declasse as their statements are, I can't bring myself to give them a hard time. They are presumably law-abiding citizens and not given to engaging in unprovoked attacks on neighborhood watch volunteers, or beating 50-year-olds into comas. It's like that tempest in a teapot over the (black) store employee writing some epithet or other on the receipt. The way I look at it - she was a productive part of the economy, and that's worth celebrating, relative to the standards of today's youth.

[PowderMonkey]

The current regime in Washington and its handmaidens in the MSM have done an excellent job of Balkanizing our republic, and setting us at each other's throats. Even here on FR just yesterday, I was shocked and saddened to see the term "spic" being posted by another Freeper. I hadn't heard that since I was boy, when it was applied to me along with other colorful terms such as "Banana Boy," and "Beaner."

I vividly recall life in the U.S. during segregation and the race riots of the 1960s. That's why I never wax nostalgic about "The 60s" along with my contemporaries. It's was a time of drugs, violence, extreme racial animus, and entanglements in foreign wars without end. Looks like we've lost our way, and come full circle. God help us all. It's going to be a long national nightmare this time around.

[Doogle]

...sounds like a rat trap

[grania]

This is uncomfortable. Puerto Ricans are US citizens, and clearly a separtate population from the hispanics who are allowed to invade the US. Why don't we hear any voices from the Puerto Rican community opposing the invasion of the US and "pathways to citizenship"? The media and politicians with their various agendae lump all hispanics together....that's racist.

Why don't Puerto Ricans have an education committee to make the distinction? Here in Cleveland, it seems that the Puerto Rican community is negatively impacted by the invasion, and is often categorized with them. (Ariel Castro didn't help)

[dinodino]

Any baseball fans SUPER ANGRY about this are SUPER IDIOTS.