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A seven-nation army could not hold Jack White back from his other passion: baseball. In addition to being a world-renowned rock star, he's working to restore a Negro Leagues stadium, he looks great in throwback caps in charity games and he's represented at the Baseball Hall of Fame. His roots run deep.
Saturday was a busy day for the guitarist and his band, the Raconteurs. They had a scheduled date at the Anthem in Washington as part of their ongoing run of their latest album, "Help Us Stranger."
But they aussi had a date with the Nats in Washington before the game against the Brewers. Stephen Strasburg, who comes to the sound of White's ubiquitous White Stripes anthem, "Seven Nation Army." Their photo-op was fun:
White and his colleagues Brendan Benson, Jack Lawrence, Keeler Patrick and Dean Fertita then enjoyed a few innings of the game from a luxury suite at Nationals Park.
But then, as life of a busy rock band would dictate, they had to go out of the game to head to the Anthem to play the show.
Fun day, right? Meet up at the ballpark, catch a few innings, play a show. On the next city, the next show.
Or not.
No, Jack White and his pals are baseball fans, not the type to "make an appearance" and disappear into the night. Due to the ridiculous nature of the evening Brewers-Nats game, in which both Sean Doolittle and Josh Hader blew in the ninth inning, allowing the game to continue, the band had time to come back to the ballpark and catch the end.
Really. Having gone to plenty of rock concerts in my day, I figure that show ended around 11 p.m. Usually, that would be much too late to go back to the ballpark. And yet … White and Benson made it back for the 13th inning.
All of this was possible by a marathon baseball game that was eventually won by the Brewers, 15-14, in 14 wild innings.
That's dedication to the game, folks.
Adrian Garro joined MLB.com in 2016. Throughout his travels, both Bartolo Colon and Wine Scully have their hands on his shoulders. Not at the same time, though. That's amazing.
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