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Long Before ‘Midnights’ Release, Taylor Swift Earned a “Bad Blood” Cry From an Exuberant MLB Veteran After a 2015 Concert in D.C.

Published 10/21/2022, 12:30 PM EDT

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Preparing all day for the game and then finally going to the stadium to attend the game, and then not being able to watch the game for any reason, is probably the worst experience for any sports fan. Although this incident is not only about the fans but also the players, and almost everyone blamed the pop star, Taylor Swift, for the same in 2015.

Yes! Taylor Swift, whose recent album, Midnights, is trending all over the world, once reportedly caused a massive problem, for a Major League Baseball game.

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When Midnights singer Taylor Swift got targeted by MLB players for something she did not even do

Dating back to 2015, when the veteran MLB pitcher, Max Scherzer, used to play for the Washington Nationals, the 3-time Cy Young winner, trolled and blamed Taylor Swift for power outages at Nationals Park.

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Taking to Twitter, Scherzer jokingly blamed Taylor for the same and said he has bad blood with the Midnights singer.

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“Well, who was the last one to use Nationals Park last? Taylor Swift… I blame her for the power-outs tonight. We now have #BadBlood,” Scherzer tweeted in 2015.

Per Rolling Stone, just a day before the Nationals had to play the LA Dodgers, Taylor Swift performed at Nationals Park for thousands of people. And although it was just a mere coincidence, the very next the Nationals v/s Dodgers got suspended because of some electrical problems.

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The Rolling Stone report also said that Taylor’s concert had nothing to do with the power outages in Nationals Park. Notably, the Dodgers v/s Nationals got called off that day.

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Max Scherzer: An elite pitcher in the game

Ever since his major leagues’ debut in the 2007 season, Max Scherzer has played for five teams in MLB. Having been playing the game for over 16 years, Scherzer is still going strong at 38. Thanks to his incredible pitching from the mound, the veteran ace has won Cy Young Award three times in MLB.

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Currently, a New York Mets pitcher, Scherzer, has also won the World Series for the Washington Nationals. Even this year, the Mets ace had an excellent season and helped the Mets win 100 games in the season.

What do you make of Max Scherzer’s MLB career?

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Abhishek Kumar

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Abhishek Kumar is an MLB author at EssentiallySports. After completing his Master’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communication, Abhishek has been working in the media industry since two years. Before joining EssentiallySports, he previously worked at APN News as a sub-editor, where he has written articles on sports and politics.
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