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He forgot the words and repeated a verse while singing the national anthem<\/a> at Citi Field.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Jackson omitted \u201cO\u2019er the ramparts we watched\u201d and re-sang \u201cWhat so proudly we hailed\u201d before getting back on course.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Another lightly made fun of the star.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cHe definitely threw away his shot today,\u201d someone wrote<\/a>, referring to the song \u201cMy Shot\u201d from the play.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Craig Carton of WFAN sports radio even fretted the muff might have cursed the Mets\u2019 season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cHow does George Washington mess up singing the anthem. Uh oh. Might be a long season in Queens. Let\u2019s go Mets,\u201d he wrote<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Jackson sang the anthem<\/a> without a hitch at a 2015 Mets playoff game and recently aced it<\/a> at a Carolina Panthers NFL playoff game in January.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n But opening day jitters can be real.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Besides, the real George Washington died in 1799, 15 years before Francis Scott Key wrote \u201cThe Star-Spangled Banner\u201d \u2014 so he wouldn\u2019t have known the lyrics at all.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n