That wasn’t the best National Anthem I’ve ever heard, but it certainly wasn’t the worst or even what I expected from a comedian like Rob Delaney. Delaney performed the National Anthem at a Los Angeles Dodgers game after he teased it on Twitter and most people thought he was joking. But sure enough it happened. So what was I expecting? I don’t know, maybe an Enrico Palazzo or a rendition using only mouth farts.

That doesn’t mean I don’t want someone to perform a mouth fart version of the Star-Spangled Banner. In fact, it would be awesome if it was a young girl or basically someone that you’d never expect it from. Like, even if one of those fat opera dudes came out, I’d probably think, “There’s a 25% chance that this guy mouth farts the National Anthem”. But if a sheepish elementary school girl walked out with her parents and she was too nervous to start and her mom was like, “It’s okay, honey, go ahead” and then she like *FART NOISE*… that would be AWESOME.

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Chances are if you’ve ever read a post entitled, “The Funniest People on Twitter”, or something to that effect, then you know that comedian Rob Delaney is widely regarded as, well, one of the funniest people on Twitter. In fact, he was even the first ever recipient of the title “The Funniest Person on Twitter” at last year’s Comedy Award on Comedy Central. It’s because of that, I guess, that I don’t mind it when people put us on the same list. *high fives self, sends nude butt photo to ex-girlfriend*

Non-humble bragging aside, Delaney Tweeted us a video that he made, in which he gives a dramatic reading of writer Sam Frank’s take on the scouting reports of the first 50 rounds of the Major League Baseball first year player draft, published in a 2004 edition of Harper’s Magazine. Why is it so funny? It seems that Harper’s had a very unique way or describing young baseball players and their abilities, and like Delaney warns us – “It’s pretty hot.”

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