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Friday, May 9: Mark Grace
Saturday, May 10: Chicago Sky - Sylvia Fowles, Chas Melvin & Quianna Chaney
Sunday, May 11: Tony Romo, Dallas Cowboys QB
Monday, May 12: Cast of “Jersey Boys”
Tuesday, May 13: Duran Duran members Simon LeBon & John Taylor
Wednesday, May 14: Chicago Fire - Cuauhtemoc Blanco, Chad Barrett & Chris Rolfe
Thursday, May 15: TBD
Friday, May 16: Lance Briggs, Bears Linebacker
Saturday, May 17: Hunter Hillenmeyer, Bears Linebacker
Sunday, May 18: TBD
Tuesday: James Van Der Beek, Actor (“Dawson’s Creek”)
Wednesday: Lake Zurich H.S. Football State Champs
Thursday: Bob Uecker, Brewers Play-by-Play Announcer
Tuesday-April 15 Volleyball gold medalist Misty May
Wednesday-April 16 Driscoll Catholic state football champs
Thursday-April 17 Tom Arnold
Friday-April 18 TBD
Saturday-April 19 Bears kicker Robbie Gould
Sunday-April 20 Bonnie Hunt
Monday-April 21 Ron Santo
Tuesday-April 22 Doug Glanville
Monday, March 31 Ernie Banks
Wednesday, April 2 Greg Olsen, Chicago Bears Tight End
Thursday, April 3 Fremd High School Gymnastics State Champs
Friday, April 4 Bill Madlock
Saturday, April 5 Ron Santo
Sunday, April 6 Bob Dernier
Congratulations to Dustin Eglseder who won the inaugural winner of the Ultimate 7th Inning Stretch Competition.
Monday: Ron Santo
Tuesday: Ryne Sandberg
Wednesday: Billy Williams
Friday: Dutchie Caray introduces Harry on 10th anniversary of his last stretch
Saturday: Winner of the Ultimate 7th Inning Stretch Competition
Sunday: Cubs Grounds Crew
Tuesday - Aug 28 Bob Uecker
Wednesday - Aug 29 Bob Brenly
Thursday - Aug 30 Pat Foley
Friday - Aug 31 BJ Armstrong
Saturday - Sept 1 Dan Plesac
Sunday - Sept 2 Milt Pappas
Monday - Sept 3 Andy Pafko
Tuesday - Sept 4 Zach Johnson
Wednesday - September 5 Wayne Messmer
Thursday - September 6 Bill Kurtis
The 10 finalists’ auditions will be posted on www.cubs.com on Monday, September 10. Fans will again have the opportunity to view each audition, learn more about each finalist and vote for their favorite.
Chosen from a group of more than 2,700 participants, the 10 finalists in the Ultimate 7th Inning Stretch Competition will audition in front of a celebrity panel on Monday for their chance to sing the stretch at an upcoming Cubs game in front of 40,000 fans.
Celebrity judges include: Dutchie Caray, Steve Cochran - WGN Radio, Mark DeRosa,Dave Kaplan - WGN Radio, Digger Phelps, Ryan Theriot, and Billy Williams.
The remaining entrants are Marciann Braun (Arlington Heights, IL), Carly Butler (Oswego, IL), Dustin Eglseder (Guttenberg, IA), Rich Kienzl (Hammond, IN), Peter Mastro (Carol Stream, IL), Matt Shepardson (Bolingbrook, IL), Lindsey Studnicki (Normal, IL), Elinore Triner (Palatine, IL), Eric Wollam (Bradford, TN), and Dick Wyninger (Urbana, IL).
The winner will be chosen based on the scores from the celebrity judges and online voting. The results will be announced in a pre-game ceremony on Saturday, September 22 at Wrigley Field and the winner will be awarded the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to sing “Take Me Out To The Ballgame” during the 7th inning stretch of that Cubs game.
Tuesday: Len Kasper
Wednesday: Tom Dreesen
Thursday: Peter Cetera
Friday: Gale Sayers
Saturday: Digger Phelps
Sunday: TBD
Monday: Ron Santo
Barry Williams (Greg Brady) and Christopher Knight (Peter Brady) sang "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" at Tuesday night's Cub game.
Monday: Bret Bielema (University of Wisconsin Head Football Coach)
Tuesday: Barry Williams (70’s Night)
Wednesday: Pat Fitzgerald (Northwestern Football Coach)
Thursday: Ron Santo
Friday: Eddie Vedder
Saturday: Chris Chelios
Sunday: American Girl Theatre
The Cubs search for a fan to sing the 7th inning stretch kicked off with auditions at Wrigley Field today.
Former Cub All-Star reliever Lee Smith was at Wrigley Field on Friday as guest conductor for "Take Me Out To The Ballgame."
Juan Pablo Montoya, Reed Sorenson, and David Stremme were at Wrigley Monday night to do the honors for "Take Me Out To The Ballgame".
One of our favorite Cub fans was on hand to sing the stretch Sunday - the irrepressible Jeff Garlin.
Friday, July 13: Jim Belushi
Saturday, July 14: Ron Santo
Sunday, July 15: Jeff Garlin
Monday, July 16: Juan Pablo Montoya, Reed Sorenson, & David Stremme
Tuesday, July 17: TBD (Rock & Roll Night)
Wednesday, July 18: Scott Sanderson
Thursday, July 19: Ron Santo
Friday, July 20: Lee Smith
Saturday, July 21: Dennis Miller
Sunday, July 22: Fergie Jenkins
It was Notre Dame football coach Charlie Weis' turn to shake down the thunder on Sunday at Wrigley Field in the 7th inning.
WGN Radio's Steve Cochran led the crowd in Friday's version of "Take Me Out To The Ballgame".
He may be bad to the bone and drink alone, but man can he crank out "Take Me Out To The Ballgame".
Monday, June 25: Denis Savard
Tuesday, June 26: Rick Sutcliffe
Wednesday, June 27: George Thorogood
Friday, June 29: TBD
Saturday, June 30: TBD
Sunday, July 1: Charlie Weis
Even Ron Santo's singing couldn't save the Cubs on Sunday, but he gave it a great effort.
Actress and Northwestern grad Julia Louis-Dreyfus led the crowd in "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" on Saturday.
Great to see Chicago's John Mahoney at the game on Friday and he was magnificent with his rendition of "Take Me Out To The Ballgame".
The Fray stopped by the broadcast booth on Thursday to sing the 7th inning stretch and did a bang-up job.
Cub legend Ernie Banks led the crowd in a raucous rendition of "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" on Tuesday night.
Monday, June 11 - Larry the Cable Guy
Tuesday, June 12 - Kellie Pickler (Country Music Night)
Wednesday, June 13 - Ernie Banks
Thursday, June 14 - The Fray
Friday, June 15 - John Mahoney
Saturday, June 16 - Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Sunday, June 17 - Ron Santo
It was Illinois Day at Wrigley Field on Saturday. All that orange couldn't help the Cubs win, but football coach Ron Zook did lead the crowd in singing "Take Me Out To The Ballgame".
The only bright spot of a brutal evening at Wrigley Field was diehard Cub fan William Petersen's rendition of "Take Me Out To The Ballgame."