Major League Baseball has experienced a number of botched renditions of the national anthem. However at the All-Star game on Tuesday night, they were given an impressive home run.

Amber Riley, “Glee” star and Emmy nominee, delivered a pitch perfect “The Star Spangled Banner” rendition to delighted fans, following Christina Aguilera’s moving performance of “Beautiful.

Two time Grammy award winner Colbie Caillat, for the seventh inning stretch, sang “God Bless America.”

It was old hat for Riley to sing at a major Major League Baseball game.

Last fall during the World Series showdown between the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees, Riley and her cast mates from “Glee” performed the national anthem.

Caillat and Riley joined other elite singers such as Brian McKnight, Carrie Underwood and Sheryl Crow who have been performers in recent years during the MLB All-Star Game.

These singers’ performances have been grand slams, However, there were plenty of strikes out before that.

Pop singer Anastasia prior to the 2002 All-Star Game, botched some of the national anthem lyrics. Instead of singing “perilous fight” she sang “perilous night.”

The next year Michael Bolton during the American League Championship Series forgot some of the lyrics and needed to glance at his hand. Apparently, he had written the words down there.

However the most infamous foul-up of the national anthem came from Roseanne Barr. In 1990 at a San Diego Padres game, while belting out “The Star Spangled Banner” in off-key fashion, spit and grabbed her crotch.

First Lady Gaga and Madonna went to “Glee.” It’s Britney Spears turn now.

A FOX rep confirmed that Spear’s music is going to be featured on an early episode during the second season of “Glee.” Last week the FOX series received 19 Emmy nominations.

Ryan Murphy, Glee series creator, also addressed some of the upcoming season casting rumors. He said that Julia Roberts wouldn’t be doing a show, to debunk one rumor before he fanned another’s flames.

Murphy said, Javier Bardem would like to play a rock-n-roll Spanish guy. If we can get that to work, he is the best out there. We would probably do that during the season’s first half.

The potential appearance of Javier on “Glee” was reported first earlier this month, prior to being denied apparently by a rep from 20th Century Fox.

Who will appear in the second season of “Glee?” Ryan Murphy, the show’s creator, is the only one who knows for sure.

He revealed that Julia Roberts wouldn’t be doing a show.

After laying one rumor to rest, he fanned the flames from another.

Murphy said, Javier Bardem says he wants to play a rock-n-roll Spanish man. He is the best, so if we can get that to work we would probably do that early in the season.

Before a representative from 20th Century Fox reportedly denied it, the potential appearance of Javier’s was reported for the first time last week.

As for the stars who appear on the show already, Murphy also cleared up a few cast hook up rumors and seting a policy of no on-set shenanigans.

He said, I was misquoted. It was completely blown out of proportion. I was joking around about how there a rule of no action inside the trailer. The reporter apparently thought I was being serious.

Murphy says the stars have priorities that are much higher in mind.

Murphy joked, they are counting their lines and way too busy trying to figure out who is prominently featured during an episode. They don’t have time to care about sex.

On Thursday, “Glee” received 19 Emmy nominations their debut season. It was the most nominations any television series received this year. Given that, it would appear that there is a lot of pressure riding on Seasons 2 and 3. However Glee’s creator is remaining calm.

Murphy said, we created this show inside a vacuum. We will continue doing that.

The nominees for this year’s Emmy Awards were announced yesterday and the HBO miniseries “The Pacific”, produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, leads the Emmy race with 24 nominations.

Following closely behind is the breakout TV hit “Glee” about school outcasts and their passionate mentor, with 19 Emmy nods including nominations for Best Comedy Series, Best Lead Comedy Actor for Matthew Morrison, Best Lead Comedy Actress for Lea Michele, Best Supporting Comedy Actress for Jane Lynch and Best Supporting Comedy Actor for Chris Colfer.

Joining “Glee” in the Best Comedy Series category are “Modern Family”, “Nurse Jackie”, “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and “30 Rock” which won the award last year, and in 2008 and 2007, as well.

One of the biggest surprises came in the Best Variety, Music or Comedy category where Conan O’Brien earned a nomination for his 5-month stint at “The Tonight Show”, while rivals Jay Leno and David Letterman, who both had more than their fair share of controversies and issues surrounding their own talk shows, were snubbed.

As for the drama department, the recently concluded “Lost”, “The Good Wife”, “Dexter”, “Breaking Bad”, the HBO daring series “True Blood”, and last year’s winner “Mad Men” are all in the running for the Best Drama Series Award.

For Best Lead Drama Actor honors, Matthew Fox of “Lost”, Michael C. Hall of “Dexter”, Kyle Chandler of “Friday Night Lights” and previous winner Hugh Laurie of “House” will compete against last year’s winner from “Breaking Bad”, Bryan Cranston.

Julianna Margulies from “The Good Wife”, Connie Britton from “Friday Night Lights”, Mariska Hargitay from “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit”, Kyra Sedgwick from “The Closer”, and January Jones from “Mad Men” will be battling it out with last year’s winner, Glenn Close from “Damages”, for the Best Lead Drama Actress honors.

Meanwhile, “Saturday Night Live”, who has earned 12 nominations this year – one from the top rating Betty White episode – has set a new record for a total of 126 Emmy nods, toppling over “ER” with 124 Emmy nominations.

“You think this is hard? I’m passing a gallstone as I speak – that’s hard!”

That’s Jane Lynch in her famous Sue Sylvester tone but not in front of the Cheerios, this time, as Madame Tussauds’ next wax subject.

The 49-year old Emmy nominee who plays cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester in the award winning Fox TV Series “Glee” was caught by the press while she was posing and being measured for her upcoming wax statue.

“Posing for a wax figurine is exhausting!” says Lynch. “I hope we capture the inner Sue, but the inner Sue is the inner Jane Lynch as well”, the actress added.

For Lynch, playing Sue Sylvester allows her to dig through her inner meanness, saying “I probably couldn’t act it if I didn’t have it in me.”

No wonder she plays the character with such ease.