Move over, B.K. Jackson. Major League Baseball is bringing in some national acts for the first two games of the World Series here.

The Backstreet Boys will sing the national anthem at Game 1 on Wednesday night, according to team fan experience director Darcy Raymond. The group has a Tampa Bay connection since Nick Carter is a native of Tampa.

Los Lonely Boys, known for the hit Heaven, will perform the anthem in Game 2.

Military personnel from the Tampa area will perform God Bless America in the seventh inning of both Games.

Throwing out the first pitch will be Pinellas County Commissioner Bob Stewart. Stewart was a St. Petersburg City Council member back on July 24, 1986, who voted with five others to build the stadium even when the area didn't have a team.

While Jackson, 17, had played the anthem on his sax for several games in the playoffs, Major League Baseball wanted to go with a more national group for the World Series.

Throwing out the pitch for the second game with be Gen. David Patraeus, who is scheduled to take over U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base and who was the top commander in Iraq.

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