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Steve Doocy experiences the MLB All-Star Fan Zone<\/a> <\/p>\n

‘Fox & Friends’ co-host Steve Doocy reports live from Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, offering a behind-the-scenes look at the MLB All-Star Fan Zone. Doocy interviews baseball enthusiasts, capturing the excitement building for tonight’s game. He also experiences a unique Liberty Bell-inspired beer tap, showcasing the local flavor and fan festivities and the fun of America’s pastime.<\/p>\n

Jennifer Hudson’s agent might need a raise because they booked her one heck of a week of singin’ gigs, and it started with a stirring rendition of “God Bless America” at the MLB All-Star Game<\/a> in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

The singer and talk show host is from Chicago<\/a>, but again, that agent put in some work and got her hooked up with this gig in Philly.<\/p>\n

And, man, did she ever bring down the house.<\/p>\n

WHAT TO WATCH FOR DURING THE 2026 MLB ALL-STAR GAME AT CITIZENS BANK PARK IN PHILADELPHIA<\/a><\/p>\n

“God Bless America” is not new to MLB All-Star Games, but it’s especially cool to hear it sung in Philadelphia, a little over a week removed from the nation’s 250th birthday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Plus, right across the parking lot from Citizens Bank Park over at Xfinity Mobile Arena, the Philadelphia Flyers like to dust that tune off for big games.<\/p>\n

\"Jennifer <\/p>\n

Jennifer Hudson performs “God Bless America” ahead of the MLB All-Star Game at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. (Photo by Emilee Chinn\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

But man, Hudson really leaned into that one and gave it everything she had, and social media certainly took notice.<\/p>\n

THIS ‘AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL’ RENDITION BEFORE THE FRANCE VS PARAGUAY MATCH WILL GIVE YOU GOOSEBUMPS<\/a><\/p>\n

That’s a heck of a tune-up for when Hudson is part of the FIFA World Cup Final ceremony<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Of course, someone had to handle “Star-Spangled Banner” duties, and this year, that honor, fittingly, went to a Philadelphia native.<\/p>\n

Patti LaBelle, the Godmother of Soul.<\/p>\n

How’s that for a one-two punch of patriotism<\/a> before the Midsummer Classic?!<\/p>\n

\"Patti <\/p>\n

Patti Labelle performs “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the MLB All-Star Game in Philadelphia. (Photo by Al Bello\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Throw in that giant replica of the Declaration of Independence all the starters got to sign, and I don’t think you could do any better for America’s 250th<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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After that, I can’t think of anything better for the fans in attendance to do than to kick back and watch some baseball.<\/p>\n

Well, maybe get a brewski from the Liberty Bell<\/a> too.<\/p>\n

Matthew Reigle is a writer for OutKick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steve Doocy experiences the MLB All-Star Fan Zone ‘Fox & Friends’ co-host Steve Doocy reports live from Citizens…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":803022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[166078,49,48,462,231762,9992,1518,481,82],"class_list":["post-803021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-america-250","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-outkick-sports","tag-patriotism","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-phillies","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=803021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/803022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}