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Thursday, April 5, 2012
Thursday April 5th, 2012 was Opening Day at Wrigley Field and the Cubs took on the Washington Nationals. West Side Rooters President Grant DePorter and Treasurer Dutchie Caray appeared on ABC’s Windy City Live to discuss the Cubs, Harry Caray and the Opening Day food and drink specials being offered at Harry Caray’s Italian Steakhouses.
West Side Rooters Chairman Ernie Banks also stopped by the show to talk about his long baseball career with the Cubs.
Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro stopped in to Harry Caray’s Italian Steakhouse in Chicago for dinner after the home opener that night.
THE 14th ANNUAL WORLDWIDE TOAST
TO HARRY CARAY
Thursday, March 1, 2012
On March 1, Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts, “Mr. Cub” Ernie Banks, Dutchie Caray, Bobby Hull, Otis Wilson, Dickey Simpkins, Grant DePorter and others led fans at Harry Caray’s Tavern Navy Pier in the 14th Annual Worldwide Toast to Harry Caray as a tribute to the late Hall of Fame baseball announcer who would have turned 98 on that day. In addition to fans gathered at Harry’s and other toast locations across the country and around the world, so many fans tweeted their toasts to #ToastToHarry that it was trending on Twitter.
WLS AM Radio’s The Roe & Roeper Show broadcast live from the event—Mayor Rahm Emanuel called into the show and paid tribute to Harry. Guests were treated to performances by the Million Dollar Quartet throughout the show, including their rendition of Harry’s favorite song Take Me Out to the Ballgame.
In the spirit of welcoming the world to Chicago for the NATO summit in May, the Toast included a special salute to the visiting countries. Guests were able to sample international Budweiser and Pepsi products. This year also marked the five millionth toaster! In honor of this extraordinary milestone, one lucky toaster, Karen Hickey, won the Cubs fan experience of a lifetime: a 30-minute pitching lesson with Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood on Wrigley Field before throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at a Cubs game! The package also included 4 Field Box tickets and a pre-game player meet n' greet, watching batting practice on the field and a tour of the broadcast booth.
