Last season, the Chicago Cubs decided to add a new scoreboard (gasp!) and this year, well…they’re continuing with the changes.
The team announced Wednesday that the singing of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” will no longer be the hodge podge of random celebrities it has turned into.
“I think the last couple of years we had gotten away to a couple of people who weren’t tied to Chicago,” said Jim Oboikowitch, the Cubs in-game programming director.
The new plan calls for local Chicago celebrities and former Cubs players to sing the song onetime broadcaster Harry Caray made famous. Essentially, they’re going to try and create more of a “who’s who” rather than a “who’s that” mentality when it comes to lending the microphone to visitors.
“They’re always exciting for people to see,” Oboikowitch added, “to have them back and relive some of the glory.”
That said, former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka might not be the answer.
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