It's a warm summer night, the top of the seventh inning has just concluded, and the organ begins to ring throughout the stadium. To get to the beginning, we must travel back to the time of President Theodore Roosevelt.
It's a warm summer night, the top of the seventh inning has just concluded, and the organ begins to ring throughout the stadium.
To get to the beginning, we must travel back to the time of President Theodore Roosevelt.
According to reports, neither of these men had ever been to a baseball game.
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It's a warm summer night, the top of the seventh inning has just concluded, and the organ begins to ring throughout the stadium. To get to the beginning, we must travel back to the time of President Theodore Roosevelt. According to reports, neither of these men had ever been to a baseball game.
It's time to whip out the singing voice for one of America's most iconic tunes — "Take Me Out to the Ball Game." At a time when baseball fandom was overwhelmingly male-dominated, the character of Katie stands out as an unusual creation for the era. The story goes that Jack Norworth was riding a New York subway train when he was inspired by a sign he saw that read, "Baseball Today — Polo Grounds." Norworth quickly developed the lyrics to the song, with Albert Von Tilzer composing the music. Norworth did not attend a game until 32 years later in 1940.
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