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Harry Christopher Caray (né Carabina; March 1, 1914 – February 18, 1998) was an American radio and television sportscaster.During his career he called the play-by-play for five Major League Baseball teams, beginning with 25 years of calling the games of the St. Louis Cardinals (with two of those years also spent calling games for the St. Louis Browns).
The Haydn Quartet singing group, led by popular tenor Harry MacDonough, recorded a successful version on Victor Records. [6] Its use became popularized by Harry Caray, the announcer of the Chicago White Sox, when he began singing it during the seventh-inning stretch in 1976.
Harry Wright, first to report the seventh-inning stretch in 1869—in the second inning William Howard Taft, first U.S. president to observe the seventh-inning stretch in 1910. The origin of the seventh-inning stretch tradition is much disputed, and it is difficult to certify any definite history.
The first question was seemingly answered hours before the game, when Fox's MLB Twitter account teased something Caray-related was coming during the seventh inning stretch.
As Harry Caray’s Chicago Cubs career was celebrated Thursday with the 26th “Toast to Harry Caray” sponsored by his namesake restaurant, his legacy on the South Side continues to be ...
The Cubs still have a live singer, usually a celebrity, during the 7th inning stretch to honor Caray's memory to this day. Caray is also honored with a statue located at the corner of Sheffield and Addison streets, and during the 1998 season, a patch with Caray's caricature and Brickhouse's trademark "Hey Hey" were worn on the players sleeves ...
Over 32,000 fans were present for the contest. The game experienced by dramatic weather. The first-ever home run hit by a minor leaguer at Wrigley Field was hit Greg Dowling of the Kane County Cougars. Dutchie Caray, the widow of legendary Cubs announcer Harry Caray, sang the 7th-inning stretch. The game was called in the 9th due to rain and ...
At some point he started "conducting" Take Me Out to the Ball Game during the seventh-inning stretch, egged on by Veeck, who (according to Harry himself) said that the fans would sing along when they realized that none of them sang any worse than Harry did; Caray would take this tradition with him to the Cubs at Wrigley Field, which has ...