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   What happens when the national anthem isn't played before a ballgame?   
   In Fresno, Calif., first the crowd boos, then it takes it upon   
   themselves to sing it anyway -- a cappella.   
      
   In a show of patriotism before Memorial Day, the crowd at a high   
   school softball championship game at Fresno State's Margie Wright   
   Diamond on Friday night launched into their own rendition of "The   
   Star-Spangled Banner" after it was announced that the song wouldn't be   
   played because it had already been played before an earlier game.   
      
   “Honestly, I was shocked (when) the announcer stated, ‘There will be   
   no anthem, let’s just play softball,’” fan Tiffany Marquez of Fowler,   
   Calif., told the Fresno Bee. “Within seconds, you could hear people in   
   the crowd singing and the volume of their voices building. There I   
   was, standing in the middle of a true testament to unity and   
   patriotism.”   
      
   Bob Kayajanian, event coordinator, told the Bee that when more than   
   one game is played in a day, the anthem is typically played only   
   before the first game.   
      
   “We try to follow with what normally gets done,” Kayajanian said.   
   “It’s all a learning experience for everyone and (going forward) we’re   
   playing the national anthem at every game.”   
      
   He added that when the crowd “all started singing,” he thought it was   
   “obviously a wonderful thing to show off their patriotism.”   
      
   As for the title game, the Clovis High School Cougars defeated the   
   Buchanan High School Bears, 6-3.   
      
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