--- title: Bill Murray to Sing for Cubs at World Series Game 3 description: When the seventh-inning stretch rolls around in Friday's World Series game, Bill Murray will perform "Take Me Out to the Ballgame." canonical: https://time.com/4549552/bill-murray-cubs-world-series-take-me-out-to-the-ballgame/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-28T19:04:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:38:09.889Z og:title: Bill Murray to Sing ‘Take Me Out to the Ballgame’ at World Series og:description: It's Wrigley Field's first World Series game in 71 years og:url: https://time.com/4549552/bill-murray-cubs-world-series-take-me-out-to-the-ballgame/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4d07b196f015a5d9/6988abfcfb4eac63df88fa72/bill-murray-cubs1.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Actor Bill Murray Visits White House Briefing Room og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bill Murray to Sing ‘Take Me Out to the Ballgame’ at World Series twitter:description: It's Wrigley Field's first World Series game in 71 years twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4d07b196f015a5d9/6988abfcfb4eac63df88fa72/bill-murray-cubs1.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Bill Murray Is Singing ‘Take Me Out to the Ballgame’ at the World Series > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 28, 2016 7:04 PM UTC  Comedian Bill Murray gestures as he visits the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House October 21, 2016 in Washington, DC. Murray is in Washington to receive the 2016 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center on Sunday. Comedian Bill Murray gestures as he visits the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House October 21, 2016 in Washington, DC. Murray is in Washington to receive the 2016 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center on Sunday. Alex Wong/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 28, 2016 7:04 PM UTC When the seventh-inning stretch rolls around in Friday’s World Series meeting between the [Chicago Cubs](http://time.com/4546106/chicago-cubs-2016-world-series-yearbook-prediction/) and the Cleveland Indians, [Bill Murray](http://time.com/4542434/bill-murray-or-tom-hanks-photo/) will lead the crowd in Wrigley Field’s traditional rendition of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.” The Cubs superfan has been given the honor of performing the renowned baseball tune during game 3 of the MLB championship — the Cubs’ first home World Series matchup since their 1945 [game 7 loss](http://www.si.com/mlb/2016/10/28/chicago-cubs-wrigley-field-world-series-history) against the Detroit Tigers. The franchise hasn’t won the World Series since [1908](http://time.com/4543241/world-series-chicago-cubs-1908-history/) — the longest championship drought in all of American professional sports. Murray has long openly supported his hometown team, most recently with a stunt that saw him [crashing a White House Press Briefing](http://time.com/4541417/bill-murray-crashes-white-house/) decked out entirely in Cubs merchandise. \[h/t [Chicago Tribune](http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-bill-murray-patrick-stump-world-series-game3-20161028-story.html)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4549552/bill-murray-cubs-world-series-take-me-out-to-the-ballgame/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4549552/bill-murray-cubs-world-series-take-me-out-to-the-ballgame/"},"headline":"Bill Murray Is Singing ‘Take Me Out to the Ballgame’ at the World Series","datePublished":"2016-10-28T19:04:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:38:09.889Z","description":"The comedian is a lifelong Cubs fans","url":"https://time.com/4549552/bill-murray-cubs-world-series-take-me-out-to-the-ballgame/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Sports topic","Baseball","Bill Murray","Chicago Cubs","world series"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4d07b196f015a5d9/6988abfcfb4eac63df88fa72/bill-murray-cubs1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4d07b196f015a5d9/6988abfcfb4eac63df88fa72/bill-murray-cubs1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Actor Bill Murray Visits White House Briefing Room","caption":"Comedian Bill Murray gestures as he visits the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House October 21, 2016 in Washington, DC. 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