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Take Me Out To The Ball Game

CHICAGO – 1989: Chicago Cubs baseball announcer and Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Harry Caray conducts fans singing “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” from his television booth as his partner Steve Stone looks on during the seventh inning stretch in a regular season game in May of 1989 at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Bernstein Associates/Getty Images)

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After covering five MLB teams with the St. Louis Cardinals/Browns, Oakland Athletics, Chicago White Sox/Cubs, Harry Caray passed away on February 18. Outside of calling ball games, Caray’s famous seventh-inning stretch singing “Take Me Out To The Ball Game” began during his tenure with the White Sox.

Following his death, during the entire 1998 seasons, the Cubs wore a patch on the sleeves of their uniforms that depicted a caricature of Caray. When the Cubs won the 2016 World Series, Budweiser produced a celebratory commercial featuring Caray’s call of the game using archived footage.