Caray talks about the Cubs going to the World Series and proceeds to sing Take Me Out to the Ballgame
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Harry Caray's InfluenceIt wasn't until the 1970s that the song found its current exalted status as baseball's alternative anthem, thanks to Hall of Fame broadcaster Harry Caray, then an announcer at Comiskey Park, home of the Chicago White Sox (Romero). Harry Caray once said, "I would always sing it, because I think it's the only song I knew the words to” (Norworth)!
In every sense, Take Me Out to the Ball Game is, in the words of Chicago Cubs Hall of Fame broadcaster Harry Caray, "a song that reflects the charisma of baseball," a song that makes the game even more magical and allows you, the young or the old observer, to raise up your voice and become part of it ("Take Me Out to the Ball Game [article]”). A notable recording includes that of Harry Caray, the late Hall of Fame broadcaster who first sang the song during a game in 1971. Since Caray's passing, it has been a wonderful tradition for a different guest to perform the song during each seventh-inning stretch at Wrigley Field - typical of the music's eternal allure ("Baby Ruth Presents”). Harry Caray commentating a Cubs game
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