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Eddie Vedder Take Me Out To The Ballgame 1998

vluggagevluggage Posts: 71
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I was at a Chicago Cubs in 1998, which was the year Harry Caray died.  At that game, Eddie Vedder was the surprise guest that sang Take Me Out To The Ballgame. I have tried to find out the date of that game, but have found nothing online.  I only find information about the times from 2003 forward. Am I crazy?  Did I imagine that happening?
"I think I kinda want it."

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  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 91,147
    edited June 20

    For nearly two decades, beloved Cubs announcer Harry Caray lead the crowd in the singing of the mid-7th inning anthem, but after Caray passed away prior to the 1998 season, special guests began filling in on “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” on a daily basis. Vedder was among the first to pay tribute to Caray by singing at Wrigley in 1998, as evidenced by the Caray badge on his jersey:


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zal4Oj8fhX8&t=2s

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  • vluggagevluggage Posts: 71
    Thank you so much.
    "I think I kinda want it."
  • mvwmvw Posts: 1,687
    Penis and crack! 😂
  • TheMooksterTheMookster Posts: 100
    4th of July right? Cubs went on to score 4 in the bottom of the 7th (thanks Eddie!) and win. Could use him doing the stretch for the rest of this season and get the bats going.
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  • elvistheking44elvistheking44 Posts: 4,362
    mvw said:
    Penis and crack! 😂
    This is always the dumbest take from this performance.
  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 91,147
    vluggage said:
    Thank you so much.

    No problemo!
  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 91,147
    https://x.com/pj_history/status/1816127882281807915?t=m2l0Yo3vmdt0RxqnzTflOA&s=19
  • evenflow82evenflow82 Posts: 3,891
    Pretty sure he was drunk. 
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  • PJamminPJammin Posts: 606
    I feel like this was right before the Alpine shows...no?!?! I know I was at this game and I'm thinking I was either on my way home from the Alpine shows or was on my way up to the Apline shows. 
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