STOP The 7th Inning Stretch-NOW!!!

[Tim]

why the anti-Belushi crusade? The guy is from Chicago - so he isn't a real fan because you never knew it before 2003? That's preposterous.

 

I just think he is fake, that is all. I never saw him around until they win, his comments make him sound like any random person trying to fit in. And his show sucks... I just think there are better celebrity fans than him. How dare I propose something different?

Early 90's I went to Second City and Belushi showed up in a Cubs hat. I remember thinking that was pretty cool at the time since he was showing support for a team that stunk so bad.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Yeah, I don't care how bad former Cub players sing. If they are going to continue this tradition, it should ONLY be former Cub players. Or at least someone affiliated with the Cubs somehow.

 

I agree. I don't mind the continuing of the tradition of singing the 7th inning stretch, but I prefer when it's done by former Cubs or at least famous Cub fans ( I'd like to see Bill Murray there), but not some of the other goofballs they've had up there.

[Andy]

Yeah, I don't care how bad former Cub players sing. If they are going to continue this tradition, it should ONLY be former Cub players. Or at least someone affiliated with the Cubs somehow.

 

They need to get something in the 7th inning. Whether it is audio of harry doing it, or ex-players... but the celebrities don't work. Granted, it is part of the experience of going to a game there, and it should always continue. I like Santo doing more of it. Jeff Gordon and Ozzie have no place in that ballpark.

 

I would like them to stay with ex-cubs, prominent chicago figures, or celebrity cubs fans (for the love of god, jim beluschi is not a cubs fan... however billy corgan is a good example of a celebrity who should be allowed to sing once a year).

 

Irishoshea21, I don't know where you get your info, but everywhere I read/heard, Jim Belushi is VERY much a BIG Cubs fans. So again, I don't know where you get your info, but you are clearly wrong.

 

So because he sits in the bleachers when they are on ESPN, and ESPN interviews him (has nothign to do with the fact that he has a show on ABC) means that he is a cubs fan? Where the hell was he pre 2003? He was never around. Magically the team wins, and he jumps on the bandwagon. When he is interviewed, he makes the same old general phrases, "boy i like derrek lee, man aramis is good" that any basic fan has. Boy, what a true fan. Because you see him on TV talking about the cubs, doesn't make him a real fan. If he was a real fan, we would have known about him pre-2003.

I completely agree. I refuse to endorse any celebrity as a "true Cub fan" until they take a notebook into the booth with them and talk about Michael Wuertz's really good BAA, as well as John Mabry's oddly large BABIP. Until then, they're just another moron who likes to watch Derrek and Aramis.

[UK1679666180]

They need to play audio of Harry singing, if they had a more modern stadium (which I'm glad they don't), they could provide video of Harry signing it as well.

 

Celebrities using it as forum as self-promotion leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

[UMFan83]

I can't stand the rotating stretch singers. It's just another silly, cutesy "Cubbies" thing.

 

Thats a good point. There are two parts to this organization. The Cubs and the Cubbies.

 

UD Reserved - Cubs

Bleachers - Cubbies

 

Signing the 7th inning stretch - Cubs

Celebs singing the 7th inning stretch and random celebs interviews durin the bottom of the 7th when no one cares - Cubbies

 

Believing the team can win the World Series - Cubs

Wearing a believe wristband because its trendy and not because the proceeds goto charity - Cubbies

 

Knowing the team went 6-3 on their last road trip - Cubs

Saying 'hey remember that game when Sammy hit a HR while I got that chicks number" - Cubbies

 

I could go on and on. Sorry to deviate from the topic of this thread

[Irishoshea21]

Yeah, I don't care how bad former Cub players sing. If they are going to continue this tradition, it should ONLY be former Cub players. Or at least someone affiliated with the Cubs somehow.

 

They need to get something in the 7th inning. Whether it is audio of harry doing it, or ex-players... but the celebrities don't work. Granted, it is part of the experience of going to a game there, and it should always continue. I like Santo doing more of it. Jeff Gordon and Ozzie have no place in that ballpark.

 

I would like them to stay with ex-cubs, prominent chicago figures, or celebrity cubs fans (for the love of god, jim beluschi is not a cubs fan... however billy corgan is a good example of a celebrity who should be allowed to sing once a year).

 

Irishoshea21, I don't know where you get your info, but everywhere I read/heard, Jim Belushi is VERY much a BIG Cubs fans. So again, I don't know where you get your info, but you are clearly wrong.

 

So because he sits in the bleachers when they are on ESPN, and ESPN interviews him (has nothign to do with the fact that he has a show on ABC) means that he is a cubs fan? Where the hell was he pre 2003? He was never around. Magically the team wins, and he jumps on the bandwagon. When he is interviewed, he makes the same old general phrases, "boy i like derrek lee, man aramis is good" that any basic fan has. Boy, what a true fan. Because you see him on TV talking about the cubs, doesn't make him a real fan. If he was a real fan, we would have known about him pre-2003.

I completely agree. I refuse to endorse any celebrity as a "true Cub fan" until they take a notebook into the booth with them and talk about Michael Wuertz's really good BAA, as well as John Mabry's oddly large BABIP. Until then, they're just another moron who likes to watch Derrek and Aramis.

 

I think he's fake... disagree with me, fine. Just because the guy parades around Hollywood telling the world he is a cubs fan, doesn't mean he is. I'm just not buying into it.

 

I'd say he's as much of a Cubs fan as Rod Blagojevich. The man who said in 2003 that the Cubs had never clinched a playoff birth at home.

[CubmanPi]

This sounds like as good of an opportunity as any to get Bill Murray onto payroll.

[soccer10k]

I think your all nuts, I love the 7th inning stretch. Its fun.

 

Allthough, They do need to pick guests better. Ozzy and Jeff Gordon should not be allowed in wrigley stadium ever. But yea, I like the stretch. I'm sure I'm pretty much alone in that though.

 

I enjoy it... I just enjoy it more when someone logical is singing it.

 

Exactly. I think they should have Jack Black sing it a couple times a year. That man is downright hilarious. I just shook my head when I heard Ozzy's rendition. But overall, I think it's a good idea.

[rocket]

here's who can sing in the 7th inning stretch:

 

-former cubs or people associated with the cubs

-bill murray

-bonnie hunt

 

THE END

[NCCubFan]

I've said in the past that I'm in favor of a tape of Harry, and I still do. I think the guest singers is a once-good idea that has run its course and turned into a promotional tool. If they won't get rid of the singers, at least get rid of the interviews while the game is going on.

[NewUserName]

I think on every tuesday game they ought to pick a season ticket holder to do it. this would be way cooler than Bea Arther or some other actor/singer who has no idea who Harry was or anything else about baseball

[Bgbird68]

This whole process is ridiculous. How about just playing a tape of Harry singing the strectch? It doesn't have to be the Tonight Show, where somebody comes on to promote their new show/book/movie.

 

Ridiculous.

[Soul]

Come on, quit acting like you don't enjoy the trainwrecks. All of you. 8)

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Has John Cusack ever sung it? I now he's a huge Cubs fan, but I don't remember him singing it.

 

He magically turned into a Sox fan at the end of last year. Poser.

 

Tell me it ain't so,

 

:(

 

He grew up a fan of both, he just preferred to go to Wrigley and watch the Cubs. He has gone to many Sox games over the years.

[cl smooth]

i call the cubs "cubbies" once in a while...does that make me a poser or something? i don't get the logic behind that one. if you're a fan, you're a fan...call 'em cubs, cubbies, the north siders, whatever.

 

so does anyone have a pic of john cusack down with the white sox? man, that would make me look at him in a different light if that were the case. i know he is a HUGE cubs fan. check out his IMDB.com bio page...it's in the middle:

 

http://imdb.com/name/nm0000131/bio

 

as for the 7th inning stretch, it doesn't matter to me who sings it. i'll always remember harry doing it and thoughts of ozzy and ditka and d-list celebrities won't diminish those memories.

[cl smooth]

on the subject of celebrity cub fans, william peterson won't even step foot into u.s. cellular field. he was on the dan patrick show about a year ago and dan was needling him about going to the cell to watch the sox. mr. CSI said that he has "no desire" to watch the sox or go to their ballpark. i dig him.

[Gunned]

i call the cubs "cubbies" once in a while...does that make me a poser or something?

 

No, I suppose you can call them the Cute Blue Fuzzy Wuzzies if you want, and I still won't question your fandom.

 

But for me, I think just saying "Cubs" makes them sound somewhat like a team full of grown, competitive men. "Cubbies" sounds like a 12-and-under girls softball team.

 

It's the same thing as an adult male going by a name like "Joey" or "Timmy." Unless a guy is an Italian mobster who offs people to compensate for his name, it just doesn't work too well.

[cubweiser03]

A tape of Harry Caray singing the stretch i think is a bad idea. I stand up and look who is singing it in the booth. If i hear a tape of Harry singing the stretch with 40,000 people and people just staring into space with a dead man singing gives me the willies. It sounds eerie to me. Somethings are better in memory than trying to re-live the past. Harry was too good for this.

 

Im a Cubs Man and i love my Cubbies. Its all good.

[ToupeeOnFire]

I love the train wreck singers. The whole point behind the seventh inning stretch was that Harry Caray was so bad that he would encourage others to sing along. Ozzie's warbling nonsense was classic, I'll never forget the look on the players' faces.

[Fro]

It's an entertaining train wreck at worst. It should be kept in my opinion.

[snoodmonger]

Has John Cusack ever sung it? I now he's a huge Cubs fan, but I don't remember him singing it.

 

He magically turned into a Sox fan at the end of last year. Poser.

 

Tell me it ain't so,

 

:(

 

He grew up a fan of both, he just preferred to go to Wrigley and watch the Cubs. He has gone to many Sox games over the years.

 

Then he's not a Cub-fan.

[Andy]

Re: Cusack - You can find a picture of Cusack in a White Sox hat in one of the playoff threads from 2005 - I think it's the ALCS one but I can't be sure.

 

Re: Caray tape - They tried this when he was sidelined by a stroke in 1987. From what I have read, it wasn't very popular. I would rather celebrities do it, although I think it should be only celebrity Cubs fans, legendary broadcasters or former players, or popular Chicago-area figures of the day doing it (with a ban on anyone that's a Sox fan).

[srbin84]

I wouldn't claim anyone who roots for both. Those people are not true baseball fans. I would think that there aren't a lot of people who root for the Yankees and Mets, but I could be wrong. People here who did that always said they would rather have 2 chances to see a world series before they die, so maybe those people will become full fledged Sox fans now, we can only hope.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I wouldn't claim anyone who roots for both. Those people are not true baseball fans.

 

That is absolutely not true. A true baseball fan can watch any teams play, and just because he/she happens to like a 2nd team does not make that person any less of a fan than anyone else. It's very plausible for people in Chicago and NY to root for both teams since they are in separate leagues. Nearly all of my friends in the NYC area root for the Mets when they're not playing the Yankees, and most of my Sox friends root for the Cubs (and a couple even go to Wrigley when the Sox are on the road).

[srbin84]

I wouldn't claim anyone who roots for both. Those people are not true baseball fans.

 

That is absolutely not true. A true baseball fan can watch any teams play, and just because he/she happens to like a 2nd team does not make that person any less of a fan than anyone else. It's very plausible for people in Chicago and NY to root for both teams since they are in separate leagues. Nearly all of my friends in the NYC area root for the Mets when they're not playing the Yankees, and most of my Sox friends root for the Cubs (and a couple even go to Wrigley when the Sox are on the road).

 

I'm not saying you have to root against the other team in your city, but actually following both seems lame to me. The biggest part of being a true baseball fan to me is the loyalty you have for your team regardless of what they do in the standings, and that that loyalty does not change depending on the season the team is having. Having a second team you can switch to if only one of the two is in contention seems like you are cheating yourself because I can't see how you could enjoy it as much.