The Oakland Athletics have made headlines all season for being one of the cheapest franchises in baseball. Their payroll is only $48 million, one of the lowest in baseball. For scale, the New York Mets are paying starting pitcher Max Scherzer an annual salary of $43.3 million. In one year, Scherzer is making just five million dollars less than the entire Oakland Athletics roster.It's what you might call a full-scale rebuild. Or maybe it's a sign of an owner who doesn't want to spend much money on his franchise. Either way, there's not a whole lot of money going into or coming out of the Athletics right now. Their average home game attendance is just 8,422, the worst in the league.Now it looks like the Athletics are even making cutbacks with their national anthem performances. Before Sunday's game versus the Boston Red Sox, a musician named Caroline McCaskey played the American national anthem on a saw. It's something you have to see to believe.Jomboy Media@JomboyMediaplaying the National Anthem on a saw is something straight out of a horror movie105677playing the National Anthem on a saw is something straight out of a horror movie https://t.co/CrTJrrgbXV"playing the National Anthem on a saw is something straight out of a horror movie" - @ Jomboy MediaTwitter jumped all over it. Here's some of the best reactions.Twitter rips into unconventional American national anthem performance at Oakland Athletics gameThe Oakland Athletics are 20-36 this season.This user cut straight to the chase. They think the Athletics disrespected the national anthem with this performance.Bookie Brad@bradfischer96Cheap with their payroll. Cheap with our great national anthem. A’s should be ashamed as an organization twitter.com/barstoolsports…Barstool Sports@barstoolsportsEver heard a National Anthem being played on a saw? @Starting92787233Ever heard a National Anthem being played on a saw? @Starting9 https://t.co/be0YYT1YInCheap with their payroll. Cheap with our great national anthem. A’s should be ashamed as an organization twitter.com/barstoolsports…"Cheap with their payroll. Cheap with our great national anthem. A’s should be ashamed as an organization" - @ Bookie BradThis user went after the performer. In all fairness, her talent is otherworldly. The sound product simply doesn't fit the mood.Ricky Pollina@rickypollinaThe A’s are so bad that even the local church choir doesn’t even wanna come in to perform the national anthem. They found this lady shopping at Home Depot. twitter.com/barstoolsports…Barstool Sports@barstoolsportsEver heard a National Anthem being played on a saw? @Starting91234Ever heard a National Anthem being played on a saw? @Starting9 https://t.co/be0YYT1YInThe A’s are so bad that even the local church choir doesn’t even wanna come in to perform the national anthem. They found this lady shopping at Home Depot. twitter.com/barstoolsports…"The A’s are so bad that even the local church choir doesn’t even wanna come in to perform the national anthem. They found this lady shopping at Home Depot." - @ Ricky PollinaThis user posted a video taken live from the game. He had a hard time keeping a straight face during it. "No, Patrick, mayonnaise is not an instrument" (quoting "SpongeBob SquarePants").ZevHadar | Will Hirschtick@ZevHadar@JomboyMedia It was even more wild LIVE Felt like a commie laughing at national anthem but come on now742@JomboyMedia It was even more wild LIVE Felt like a commie laughing at national anthem but come on now https://t.co/1S1yAwsHNy"It was even more wild LIVE Felt like a commie laughing at national anthem but come on now" - @ ZevHadar | Will HirschtickThis user went after the Oakland Athletics for having the worst attendance average in the league.Mike Ryan@mikeyryan87@JomboyMedia I’m sure all 985 fans in attendance were enthralled with the performance85@JomboyMedia I’m sure all 985 fans in attendance were enthralled with the performance"I’m sure all 985 fans in attendance were enthralled with the performance" - @ Mike RyanThe performance did have an alien-like sound quality.Benny O'Reilly@bennybaseball_@JomboyMedia That reminds me of mars attacks for some reason6@JomboyMedia That reminds me of mars attacks for some reason"That reminds me of mars attacks for some reason" - @ Benny O'ReillyThis user raises a good question: How did this brand of music originate?Baseball Quotes@BaseballQuotes1@JomboyMedia How do you even figure out that you can do this?38@JomboyMedia How do you even figure out that you can do this?"How do you even figure out that you can do this?" - @ Baseball QuotesThis user thinks it sounded like an "evil galactic empire" had taken over the RingCentral Coliseum for a day.Tim Keiss@Timmy_Timmah@JomboyMedia This sounds like the "Bad End" to a video game that plays as you watch an American flag raised except there's a logo for some evil galactic empire in the middle of it@JomboyMedia This sounds like the "Bad End" to a video game that plays as you watch an American flag raised except there's a logo for some evil galactic empire in the middle of it"This sounds like the "Bad End" to a video game that plays as you watch an American flag raised except there's a logo for some evil galactic empire in the middle of it" - @ Tim KeissThis user was reminded of the famous opera scene from "Shawshank Redemption."KJ@Kay_Jay05@JomboyMedia That saw sounds like the lady that sang over the loudspeaker in the Shawshank Redemption2@JomboyMedia That saw sounds like the lady that sang over the loudspeaker in the Shawshank Redemption"That saw sounds like the lady that sang over the loudspeaker in the Shawshank Redemption" - @KJThe Athletics' low payroll reflects in their record. The team is 20-36 so far this season.