
Fans Honor Harry Caray With 21st Annual Toast
On the eve of opening day, fans are honoring legendary broadcaster Harry Caray.
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On the eve of opening day, fans are honoring legendary broadcaster Harry Caray.
Harry Caray's Italian Steakhouse in River North invited identical twin Cubs fans to be part of this year's celebration of Caray's life, hoping for identical twin World Series titles for the Cubs.
Caray's son-in-law saw to it that a radio was playing the World Series, and there were plenty of green apples, too, WBBM's Steve Miller reports.
Caray would've enjoyed the scene and moment Wednesday night.
Caray's words from a 1991 day have come alive.
Hundreds of baseball fans packed Harry Caray's River North steakhouse to offer a 102nd birthday toast to the late Hall of Fame broadcaster.
With the champagne spraying, Dempster was only too happy to indulge in a little Caray-ing on.
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Many of those who attended the toast had special memories of meeting Caray while he was alive. Others recalled moving away from Chicago and watching him announce Cub games on cable, giving them a taste of home.
Harry Caray may be gone, but he's certainly not forgotten.
Organizers say that people on six continents toasted the late Harry Caray to mark the Hall of Fame broadcaster's 98th birthday on Thursday.
It's been a rough couple of months for the Harry Caray statue that sits outside Wrigley Field.
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"Getting a search warrant is the first step toward gathering evidence," Miller said. "There might not be any crime committed and the document just sits in a file and that's the end of the story."
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Kopech was lifted despite blanking the Tigers on 85 pitches throught six innings.
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The man's death appears to be a suicide, according to police.
This was the second police-involved shooting in Chicago in less than 24 hours.
"Getting a search warrant is the first step toward gathering evidence," Miller said. "There might not be any crime committed and the document just sits in a file and that's the end of the story."
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That length of time made for a rough situation for people living in the building, and raised questions about why it took so long.
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"Getting a search warrant is the first step toward gathering evidence," Miller said. "There might not be any crime committed and the document just sits in a file and that's the end of the story."
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Kopech was lifted despite blanking the Tigers on 85 pitches throught six innings.
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