MLB Shares Late Ozzy Osbourne’s ‘Take Me Out to the Ballgame’ Rendition

Ozzy Osbourne’s unforgettable rendition of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” was revisited after the legendary rock star’s death.

Major League Baseball shared the memorable performance via Instagram on Tuesday, July 22, just hours after news of Osbourne’s passing. 

The Black Sabbath frontman sang the iconic song in August 2003 during the 7th inning stretch of a game between the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers at Chicago’s Wrigley Field. 

Joined by his wife, Sharon Osbourne, Ozzy immediately drew laughter from the crowd and players in the dugout by getting the opening lyrics of the song wrong. 

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Ozzy then struggled to recover and mumbled his way through the rest of the performance. 

However, Ozzy did manage to redeem himself at the end of the song by shouting the legendary catchphrase of former Cubs broadcaster Harry Caray. 

“Let’s get some runs!” Ozzy said. “Don’t mess around, let’s get some runs!”

MLB captioned the video, “There was only one Ozzy .”

Fans in the comments couldn’t help but joke about Ozzy’s unique take on the baseball classic. 

“Ozzy is the ONLY person that could’ve butchered it THIS badly and still be praised for it!” one person wrote. “RIP legend, this world won’t be the same without you here! .”

Another said, “Classic Ozzy! He really was one of a kind, even in his ‘worst’ moments.”

Osbourne died on Tuesday, his family announced. He was 76 years old.

“It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning,” Osbourne’s family shared in a statement to Us. “He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time.”

A cause of death was not revealed for Ozzy, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2020 and faced other health struggles in recent years. 

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“You wake up the next morning and find that something else has gone wrong,” Osbourne told The Guardian in May. “You begin to think this is never going to end.” 

In June 2022, Sharon, 72, revealed Ozzy was preparing to undergo a “major” operation that was “really going to determine the rest of his life.”

Ozzy gave his final performance at the Black Sabbath’s Back to the Beginning concert on July 5. 

Held at Aston, Birmingham, England’s Villa Park, the star-studded event also featured performances from bands like Metallica, Slayer and Guns N’ Roses while raising money for children’s hospitals and the Cure Parkinson’s charity.