SEE IT: Beloved Cubs announcer Harry Caray 'returns' at Discipline of Goals sport

In a case of life imitating artwork, the MLB's second annual Discipline of Goals sport introduced a baseball legend again to life — a lot to the shock of many viewers.

A recreated digital rendition of Harry Caray singing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” performed in the course of the seventh inning of the sport, and it drew widespread cheers from attendees within the ballpark however obtained a decidedly combined response on social media, with some followers uneasy concerning the technological revival of the well-known Chicago Cubs announcer, who died in 1998.

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“That is about paying tribute to what makes baseball iconic,” Brad Zager, an government producer for Fox Sports activities, stated. “We hope this second permits mother and father to inform their youngsters about what it was like to look at Harry Caray, or what it was wish to take heed to Harry Caray lead the singing of the seventh-inning stretch in Wrigley Discipline, so the following era can perceive and recognize how a lot it meant.”

Caray, who was well-known for his flamboyant broadcast profession, was well-known for singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame” throughout video games. His broadcasting profession spanned over 50 years, ending together with his dying in 1998 from issues stemming from a coronary heart assault and mind injury.

All through his profession, Caray labored with the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, and extra. His remaining 16 seasons had been with the Cubs.

Whereas many have described the recreation of Caray as a hologram, a Fox Sports activities spokesperson informed the Washington Put up that the revival was “nearer to augmented actuality.” Both manner, his obvious revival seemed reasonable sufficient to spook some followers.

A day earlier than the sport, rumors swirled that Fox Sports activities deliberate to stage some kind of technological revival of Caray through a hologram. Fox Sports activities additionally teased that one thing would occur within the seventh inning that might "solely occur with the magic of the Discipline of Goals."

The corporate collaborated with a manufacturing associate to make use of expertise to provide "as trustworthy a tribute to Harry Caray and his legacy as expertise permits,” a Fox Sports activities government informed the Washington Put up.

“Every part concerning the Discipline of Goals is about taking our favourite features of baseball historical past and bringing them to life within the modern-day,” Zager continued. “Whether or not it’s from an all-time iconic baseball film or from the sport of baseball itself.”

Discipline of Goals is a 1989 baseball film depicting a farmer portrayed by Kevin Costner in Dyersville, Iowa, who constructs a baseball area in his cornfields. The film was well-known for the phrase, "For those who construct it, he'll come," referring to "Shoeless" Joe Jackson. Ultimately, ghosts of baseball icons, together with Jackson, arrive to play ball on his area adopted by a torrent of individuals flocking there.

The sport occurred at an 8,000-seat stadium constructed to host the primary Discipline of Goals sport final yr, positioned within the area the place the 1989 flick was filmed, giving attendees a well-recognized really feel to the film.

Along with Caray, Fox Sports activities additionally paid homage to Vin Scully, the well-known Los Angeles Dodger who died in early August. A clip of his voice reciting a line from Discipline of Goals saying that "individuals will come" was performed in the course of the sport. The homage to Scully got here throughout a mixture of clips from baseball historical past with scenes from the film.

Finally, the Chicago Cubs triumphed over the Cincinnati Reds within the second annual Discipline of Goals sport with a 4-2 win.