Taylor Swift Blamed For Suspended Baseball Game? 

Are Taylor Swift and her squad just too much star power to handle? A couple of MLB players think so!

Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer and Dodgers outfielder Joc Pederson joked the pop star was responsible for repeated electricity problems at Nationals Park on Friday night, after a game between the Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles teams had to be suspended due to the lighting issues.

The game marked the Nationals’ return to their home turf after the All-Star break, but the “Blank Space” singer performed two sold-out shows at the stadium just days prior.

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Scherzer — one of baseball’s best pitchers — mockingly cited the superstar’s presence as a reason for the outages, Tweeting that she was the “last one” to use the park before play commenced.

“We now have #BadBlood,” he quipped.

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Pederson jumped in on the Twitter fun and agreed, thanking Taylor for “helping start the 2nd half with a bang” after “using up all the electricity in D.C.”

Despite the playful finger pointing, the baseball teams weren’t the only ones who experienced technical glitches at the park. During Taylor’s D.C. concert on July 13, a piece of equipment stalled mid-air and left her suspended over the crowd.

“I’ll just be here, forever, stuck up here, unless I choose to jump down,” she told her audience.

 

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After a stadium inspection, it now seems the Nationals have managed to take a page from Taylor’s book and “Shake It Off.”

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The team issued a statement on Saturday morning that confirmed the power failure was caused by a “faulty circuit breaker” and not the “1989” singer. Their game against the Dodgers resumed a few hours later, and the D.C. team came out on top with a score of 5-3.

— Erin Biglow