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Harry Caray (Cubs baseball announcer). The famous play-by-play announcer leads the crowd in the traditional 7th inning stretch rendition of "Take Me Out to The Ball Game."
12017-09-05T15:28:36+00:00Rachel Shaevele1921ae15fc281505fb502844fa624f60b45e1b3117Note: This singing of the famous baseball song helped make Harry a legend. (0:37)plain2017-10-06T19:22:15+00:00University of Illinois at Chicago, Special Collections and University ArchivesundatedBob Crawford audio archive, University of Illinois at ChicagoGretchen Neidhardtf8aac65083dd8407d9238044a16c756173f4d1dd
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