Harry Caray was broadcaster for the St. Louis Cardinals for 25 years, his longest tenure with any sports team. In this undated photo, he is at center with Jack Buck on the left and Joe Garogiola at right.
Harry Caray, White Sox broadcaster, stands in the center field seats at Comiskey Park during a Sox game on Aug. 16, 1972.
Harry Caray offers a baseball to White Sox fans from his bleacher-broadcasting booth, May 12, 1972.
White Sox broadcaster Harry Caray, left, has “fun at the old ball park” while watching the Cubs lose to the Expos in Wrigley Filed, Sep. 3, 1971.
Harry Caray drinking a beer while broadcasting for the White Sox, circa 1978. Editors note: this historic print has some hand painting at the top.
A shirtless Harry Caray broadcasts for the White Sox from the stands at Comiskey Park in 1972.
Sportscaster Harry Caray, circa 1971.
Announcer Harry Caray in one of the positions he enjoys most — being surrounded by his loyal fans, on June 23, 1972.
Harry Caray wearing a Cubs hat on Nov 16, 1981.
Harry Caray sings during 7th inning stretch in 1988.
Harry Caray, center, holds the microphone under a display saying, “Sing along with Harry.”
Harry Caray, center, arrives at the Ambassador East Hotel after recovering from a stroke in 1987.
Harry Caray sings “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” while broadcasting for the White Sox on June 23, 1977.
Harry Caray, right, with Jack Brickhouse. Brickhouse was the TV voice of the Cubs from 1948 through the strike-shortened 1981 season, 34 seasons of mostly subpar baseball, though Brickhouse rarely despaired and never lost faith. Caray was famous for following Brickhouse’s lead and broadcasted for the Chicago Cubs from 1982-1997.
Harry Caray walks behind new Hall of Fame inductees at Cooperstown, N.Y., on July 23, 1989.
Jack Brickhouse, right, introduces Harry Caray after Caray signed a two-year contract with WGN to broadcast Cubs games, on Nov. 16, 1981.
Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne and Harry Caray on April 16, 1982.
Mesa, Ariz., Harry Caray at the Cubs’ Spring practice in Mesa, Arizona in 1994.
Harry Caray puts on a Cubs hat at press conference on Nov. 16, 1981, after signing a two-year contract to broadcast for Cubs games.
Harry Caray Drive, the new street sign right outside “Harry Caray’s Holy Cow” restaurant in 1991.
Harry Caray reflects on baseball and life on July 23, 1995.
Cubs broadcaster Harry Caray, far right, is presented with a portrait at Wrigley Field commemorating his election into the broadcasting wing of baseball’s Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., Sept. 25, 1989.
Harry Caray leads the crowd in “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” at Wrigley Field in April 1988.
Harry Caray at Hohokam Park in Mesa, AZ. in April 1994.
Harry Caray interviews Michael Jordan before a game between the White Sox and Cubs at Wrigley Field in 1994.
Harry Caray leads the crowd in “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” during the seventh-inning stretch of a Cubs game with the Reds in 1994.
Harry Caray is joined in the broadcasting booth by President Ronald Reagan during a surprise visit Sept. 30, 1988, to Wrigley Field in Chicago.
Harry Caray’s ’96 season including singing “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” at the Democratic Convention in 1996.
Harry Caray interviews Cubs second baseman Ryne Sandberg in Mesa, Ariz., on March 10, 1996.
Harry Caray sitting on the Wrigley Field wall.
Harry Caray leads an improbable chorus of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.”
An impromptu shrine popped up outside Wrigley Field after the death of Harry Caray in 1998.
Mourners pay tribute to Harry Caray as they kneel in front of Caray’s casket during visitation Feb. 26, 1998, at Holy Name Cathedral.
Hundreds of people wait to enter Holy Name Cathedral to attend Harry Caray’s funeral on Feb. 27, 1998.
The Harry Caray statue wears a jersey on Oct. 6, 2016, before Game 1 of the National League Division Series at Wrigley Field.
Bushels of green apples rest at legendary Cubs announcer Harry Caray’s gravesite Nov. 3, 2016, at All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines, a day after the Cubs won the World Series. After the final game of another losing season in 1991, Caray famously predicted the Cubs would eventually make it back to the World Series: “Sure as God made green apples, someday the Chicago Cubs are going to be in the World Series.”
Harry Caray (in sign form) watches over Wrigley Field on April 10, 2017, as the Cubs defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers, 3-2, at Wrigley Field on opening night.
