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Game 3 of the World Series is tonight and it will begin with one of baseball's most time-honored tradition--the National Anthem. Weekend America wondered how you get that gig, especially if you're not already famous? Back in the '80s, Paul Boocock found a way. He discovered that the owner of the Yankees, George Steinbrenner, was an alumnus of Williams College, the school he was attending. He simply wrote Steinbrenner a letter and everything fell into place. Well, sort of.

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