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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.”

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1. scareduck Posted: May 26, 2008 at 09:02 PM (#2794714)

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

2. Alex meets the threshold for granular review Posted: May 26, 2008 at 09:15 PM (#2794727)

Tommy Lasorda is dumber than ten Roseanne Barrs.

3. Rich Rifkin I Posted: May 26, 2008 at 09:19 PM (#2794734)

4. AndrewJ Posted: May 26, 2008 at 09:30 PM (#2794743)

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

5. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) Posted: May 26, 2008 at 10:03 PM (#2794758)

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

6. Roy Hobbs of WIFFLE Ball Posted: May 26, 2008 at 10:04 PM (#2794760)

That may be Rich Rifkin's best post ever.

7. Rich Posted: May 26, 2008 at 10:38 PM (#2794806)

Lasorda's shelf life ended decades ago.

8. TerpNats Posted: May 26, 2008 at 10:39 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 11:07 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 I Posted: May 26, 2008 at 11:14 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 11:17 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 11:21 PM (#2794853)

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

13. The New No. 2 Posted: May 26, 2008 at 11:45 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.

14. vortex of dissipation Posted: May 26, 2008 at 11:47 PM (#2794882)

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

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

15. gef the talking mongoose Posted: May 26, 2008 at 11:54 PM (#2794894)

Good one, vortex.

16. The elusive Robert Denby Posted: May 26, 2008 at 11:55 PM (#2794896)

Tommy Lasorda is dumber than Three Dog Night.

17. Roy Hobbs of WIFFLE Ball Posted: May 27, 2008 at 12:13 AM (#2794910)

Not even close. This was my best post ever.

I stand corrected.

18. Swoboda is freedom Posted: May 27, 2008 at 12:44 AM (#2794929)

Betcha he drops a f bomb.

19. Quiet Flows the Don Taussig Avenger (Edmundo)

Posted: May 27, 2008 at 10:03 AM (#2795271)

Lasorda sings worse than 10 dogs.

20. 3Com Park Posted: May 27, 2008 at 01:28 PM (#2795412)

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

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