man: everyone up for the seventh-inning stretch! and a-one! and a-two! and a...
fans: take me out to the ball game!! take me out to the crowd!!
thatababy: wait a second...aren't we already at a ball-game?
The first time the National Anthem was played at a ball game (before it even WAS the National Anthem) was during the seventh inning stretch… quite by accident. Fascinating story actually. And it actually WAS a Cubs game… they were playing the Boston Red Sox in the World Series of 1918. Red Sox won 1-0 by the way.
Templo S.U.D. about 9 years ago
’Tis only a song, lad. ’Tis only a song.
Plods with ...™ about 9 years ago
Yeah…. I never quite understood that either.
Comic Minister Premium Member about 9 years ago
Of course little man.
mggreen about 9 years ago
It’s only the stanza of a longer song from an old musical. By the way, is this a Cubs game?
Nancy Murphy about 9 years ago
It’s fun to celebrate the occasion by singing a great old song!
Caretaker24523 over 4 years ago
The first time the National Anthem was played at a ball game (before it even WAS the National Anthem) was during the seventh inning stretch… quite by accident. Fascinating story actually. And it actually WAS a Cubs game… they were playing the Boston Red Sox in the World Series of 1918. Red Sox won 1-0 by the way.