When the 43-year-old sang the national anthem before a Cardinals game, it took everyone by surprise. But his music career has actually been a long time coming.

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Below, Wainwright, who now lives in St. Simons ... I had to completely buy into that. I was a baseball player, but I'm really taking this [music] seriously and I want to be taken seriously.