Ted Wulfers never thought that singing Steve Goodman's "Go Cubs Go" could get you fired, but that's just what happened to the Chicago musician over the weekend. Wulfers was scheduled to perform Sunday at a TGI Friday's inside Milwaukee's Miller Park. But he was uninvited last week. The reason? The last time Wulfers performed there in July, he played "Go Cubs Go" after a Cubs victory over the Brewers.
"It was not taken kindly by the Brewers fans," said a spokeswoman for TGI Friday's. "Friday's and the Brewers made the decision not to have this band back this year."
Wulfers, who sang the national anthem in May at Miller Park, said he had no idea Brewers fans would be upset with "just one chorus" from "Go Cubs Go."
"Basically I had compared this to playing 'Free Bird'—the crowd just kept asking for it," he said, while conceding the crowd was mostly Cubs fans.
"I understand the Brewers are trying to fight for the wild card," Wulfers said before Milwaukee beat the Cubs on Sunday to secure a playoff spot. "I'm just kind of the guy being kicked in the backside for no reason. I've been a Cubs fan and a Brewers fan all my life."
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