Billy is supposed to sing the national anthem tonite at the cubs game. Just saw it on PTI. :cheers:

Originally posted by eyeofmourning
Billy is supposed to sing the national anthem tonite at the cubs game. Just saw it on PTI. :cheers: someone tape this...

i'm pretty sure it's "take me out to the ballgame" and not the national anthem.

just don't grab your crotch and spit at the end of it.

is it the anthem or the 7th inning stretch 'take me out to the ballgame" song?

will he do it accapella?

crank it up Hendrix style (YES!)?

qausi original take with acoustic guitar (ala Jose' Feliciano)...that would be nice?

screw it all and sing the Vampire song!!!

edit: it is "take me out to the ballgame", not the national anthem.

do they even air the seventh inning stretch?

(if they do i'm taping it tv > m1). ;)

he should still bring the Deizel!!! hook it up and throw some serious decibals around.

vote for Billy to sing at http://msn.espn.go.com/. I'd rather see Murray do it personally.

They showed Bernie Mac doing it last night.

Originally posted by zekix
They showed Bernie Mac doing it last night.
good news. :)

It was cool when he sung. When he was done he yelled something like, "Keep it rocking Cubs!"

GreG.

He was pretty tanked it seemed to me. It was also kinda funny seeing peoples expressions while singing along with him.
At the end Corgan yelled "lets see some more hits" or show me your tits. errr something.

ha!


COMMENTARY

As though the devil himself had planned it, the seventh-inning stretch at Wrigley Field on Wednesday night arrived at exactly the moment when the heart of every Chicago Cubs fan had just been smashed like a rotten pumpkin. What a time to ask 39,574 fans, all in the mood for a dirge, to sing, “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.” THE LAST BATTER OF THE TOP of the seventh inning blooped a hideously meek double, inches out of the reach of diving center fielder Kenny Lofton. Two Florida runners scored, giving the Marlins a 9-5 lead that felt like a 40-run margin. The Marlins hitter was thrown out stretching for a triple. The Cubs trudged off the field. And the harshest of baseball realities quickly swept over everyone. The Cubs really were going to blow the pennant again.
Staring them in the eye was the worst moment in the entire 128-year history of the franchise that outstrips all others for disappointment. The collapse of 1969 was just preamble. The NLCS fold in 1984 to the San Diego Padres couldn’t match this. Not only were the Cubs about to lose their third straight potential pennant-clinching game, but their last two defeats came in games started by Mark Prior and Kerry Wood—two of the top strikeout pitchers in baseball—against virtual nonentities named Carl Pavano and Mark Redman.
So, Wrigley fans, now that we’ve all been kicked in the stomach by an 800-pound gorilla, let’s stand for a rousing, cheerful rendition of the late Harry Caray’s favorite tune. Led, naturally, by the singer from Smashing Pumpkins.

heh. ya, that bloop double was brutal.

Billy said, "let's hit some runs" after he sang. It's customary to say "let's hit some runs" if the Cubs are down and "let's hold 'em" if the cubs are up.