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MLB: Lasorda to sing during seventh-inning stretch at Wrigley Field

That Suzyn Waldman - Roseanne Barr tribute to The Shaggs ballpark tour...is just going to have to wait their turn!

Hall of Fame Manager and Special Advisor to the Chairman Tommy Lasorda will sing “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” during the seventh-inning stretch at Wrigley Field. Lasorda will make his sixth appearance at Wrigley Field tomorrow singing baseball’s anthem, as his previous performances came in 1999, 2002, ‘03, ‘05, and ‘06.

“Singing ‘Take Me Out to the Ball Game’ during the seventh-inning stretch is an institution in baseball,” said Lasorda. “I am honored to be asked, and look forward to leading the fans in the song.”

Repoz Posted: May 26, 2008 at 05:53 PM | 22 comment(s)
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1. scareduck Posted: May 26, 2008 at 06:02 PM (#2794714)

"Sing"? That's what they call it?

2. El Hombre 2 MVPs (Le Samourai) Posted: May 26, 2008 at 06:15 PM (#2794727)

Tommy Lasorda is dumber than ten Roseanne Barrs.

3. Rich Rifkin Posted: May 26, 2008 at 06:19 PM (#2794734)

4. AndrewJ Posted: May 26, 2008 at 06:30 PM (#2794743)

What'll Dave Kingman's opinion of Lasorda's performance be, I wonder?

5. Harold Reynolds: An Erotic Life (AG#1F) Posted: May 26, 2008 at 07:03 PM (#2794758)

I wouldn't let him within five miles of Kerry Wood's right arm.

6. Ricky C. Posted: May 26, 2008 at 07:04 PM (#2794760)

That may be Rich Rifkin's best post ever.

7. Rich Posted: May 26, 2008 at 07:38 PM (#2794806)

Lasorda's shelf life ended decades ago.

8. TerpNats Posted: May 26, 2008 at 07:39 PM (#2794807)

No big deal -- the year Harry Kalas, a Naperville native, won the Ford Frick award, he sang "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" when the Phillies visited the North Side.

9. Howie Menckel Posted: May 26, 2008 at 08:07 PM (#2794835)

Almost but not entirely facetious - ANY chance Bartman ever gets this gig?

I guess it would have to come after a (lol) World Series-winning season.

Would be a nice bit of closure if he got applause, though.

10. Rich Rifkin Posted: May 26, 2008 at 08:14 PM (#2794846)

That may be Rich Rifkin's best post ever.

Not even close. This was my best post ever.

11. robinred Posted: May 26, 2008 at 08:17 PM (#2794848)

Actually, your best post ever was when you said Jon Saraceno looks like Blackbeard.

12. gef the talking mongoose Posted: May 26, 2008 at 08:21 PM (#2794853)

Any chance he'll sing "Glad to be Gay"?

13. kevin Posted: May 26, 2008 at 08:22 PM (#2794856)

How much you wanna bet he drops Frank Sinatra's name at the intro?

14. The New No. 2 Posted: May 26, 2008 at 08:45 PM (#2794880)

I don't think there is any chance that Bartman would even accept an invitation. He has never even granted an interview nor cashed in on his "fame". He was just a guy in the wrong place at the wrong time and seems genuinely sorry that he was even a part of that story. I still think that the Sun Times was grossly irresponsible for publishing his name and the names of his neighbors which allowed people to track down where the guy lived and worked.

15. vortex of dissipation Posted: May 26, 2008 at 08:47 PM (#2794882)

Any chance he'll sing "Glad to be Gay"?

I don't believe that sort of thing happens here.

16. gef the talking mongoose Posted: May 26, 2008 at 08:54 PM (#2794894)

Good one, vortex.

17. The elusive Robert Denby Posted: May 26, 2008 at 08:55 PM (#2794896)

Tommy Lasorda is dumber than Three Dog Night.

18. Ricky C. Posted: May 26, 2008 at 09:13 PM (#2794910)

Not even close. This was my best post ever.

I stand corrected.

19. kevin Posted: May 26, 2008 at 09:15 PM (#2794911)

Is Lasorda gayer than the Ice Capades too?

20. Swoboda is freedom Posted: May 26, 2008 at 09:44 PM (#2794929)

Betcha he drops a f bomb.

21. Edmundo, survivor of 7 right-sourcings Posted: May 27, 2008 at 07:03 AM (#2795271)

Lasorda sings worse than 10 dogs.

22. 3Com Park Posted: May 27, 2008 at 10:28 AM (#2795412)

And, of course, in 1968 Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June. Just sayin'

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