Eddie Vedder sings Take Me Out To The Ballgame
EDDIE VEDDER Sings “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” with CINDY CRAWFORD, Drops F-Bomb During Broadcast.
Following Anthony Rizzo’s announcement that he is retiring from baseball, the Chicago Cubs invited him to Saturday’s game (Sept. 13th) to celebrate. In attendance was Pearl Jam frontman and diehard Cubs fan Eddie Vedder, as well as supermodel Cindy Crawford, who both joined Rizzo in a rendition of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame,” singing the track from the bleachers.
After Vedder, Crawford, and Rizzo finished, the three did an interview with Marquee Sports Network, where the musician admitted that he was “terrified” to lead the audience in singing the classic song during the 7th inning stretch.
Why was Vedder so terrified? “Because I didn’t want them to f*ck up,” he said.
Anthony Rizzo, Cindy Crawford and Eddie Vedder lead Wrigley Field in "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" during the 7th inning stretch! pic.twitter.com/JHdpkSBNfC
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Eddie Vedder’s Cubs fandom
If you know Eddie Vedder, you know the Cubs aren’t just his team—he literally bleeds Cubs blue! The guy grew up in Evanston, watching heartbreak after heartbreak at Wrigley, and somehow loving them even more through it all. That fandom bled into his music.
Back in 2008 he wrote “All the Way,” a straight-up love letter to the Cubs, and when the team finally broke the 108-year curse in 2016, that song was blasting from every Chicago bar. Eddie was right there in the thick of it—popping champagne in the clubhouse with the players like he’d been on the roster all season, and celebrating with Bill Murray.
Saturday night, singing alongside Anthony Rizzo and Cindy Crawford, was classic Eddie—equal parts nervous energy and rock-star grit. He even dropped an F-bomb about not wanting to “f*ck it up.” That’s Vedder in a nutshell: brutally honest, still a little punk, and forever the Chicago kid who made good.
