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Harry Caray returns to cheer on the Cubs, thanks to Will Ferrell

Chicago Cubs' broadcaster Harry Caray sings
Harry Caray sings “Take Me Out To The Ball Game” during the seventh inning stretch at Chicago’s Wrigley Field on July 21, 1989. (AP Photo)

You may have been waiting for this moment, and now it’s here. You knew it had to happen once the Chicago Cubs made it to the World Series, and your patience has been rewarded.

Harry Caray has returned.

Well, not the actual Harry Caray. But Will Ferrell’s excellent impression of him. Ferrell went on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on Monday night and brought legendary Cubs broadcaster Harry Caray with him. It was brilliant.

The whole clip is gold, but there were some especially great highlights. After giving the audience some decidedly made-up facts about 1908 (the last time the Cubs won the World Series), Ferrell started calling an Addison Russell play that no one could see. That led to this exchange:

Kimmel: This is very interesting to me because you’ve clearly been following baseball even though you passed away in 1998.

Ferrell/Caray: 1998? Holy cow I’m dead!

Ferrell kept calling a baseball game that no one could see while Kimmel caught him up on the current election. Appropriately, Ferrell took a can of beer out of his pocket and started drinking it. (That’s the right reaction, Harry.)

The segment wrapped up with Ferrell doing what Vin Scully did when he visited Kimmel’s show: calling Kimmel’s softball home run from several years ago.

Up next, Jimmy Kimmel. Boy is he fat, folks! I mean if it starts raining we could tarp the field with his uniform pants. He’s that big. Here’s the pitch, let’s see if he eats it — no, he swings! It could be… it’s a home run! Here he comes! Rounding the bases! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Ferrell’s impression of Harry Caray has always been wacky and weird, but done in a loving way. Monday night was no exception. We can only imagine what Caray would have done with his Cubbies in the World Series, but watching Ferrell as Caray brings those fantasies a little closer to reality.

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Liz Roscher is a writer for Big League Stew on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email her at lizroscher@yahoo.com or follow her on twitter! Follow @lizroscher