Baseball Fans Left Baffled After National Anthem Singer Revealed to Be Ronald McDonald

Ronald McDonald
Credit: Charlotte Knights/Instagram

NEED TO KNOW

• Ronald McDonald delivered an unusual national anthem before a recent minor league baseball game
• The mascot had fans on their toes before he began to sing
• McDonald then nailed the rendition, leading to widespread praise on social media

Ronald McDonald sang the national anthem at a recent minor league baseball game — and fans were loving it.

The McDonald’s mascot, who appeared in support of the Charlotte Knights’ “Sport a Shirt” charity event with the Ronald McDonald House for their game against the Gwinnett Stripers on Friday, May 1, took to the mound to deliver the song as fans at Truist Field in Charlotte, N.C. looked on seemingly perplexed.

Knights players exchanged smiles and knowing looks as if a meme was in the making — and then the red-haired fellow hit a home run with his smooth and assured rendition, as seen in video from the game.

“You never know what you’ll see in the ballpark,” the Knights captioned an Instagram post of McDonald’s performance.

His rendition hardly dropped the ball — unlike other memorable national anthem performances — and the mascot drew widespread appreciation online.