Take Me Out To The Ballgame Video Showcase

Take me out to the ballgame,
Take me out with the crowd
Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack,
I don't care if I ever get back,
'cause its root, root, root for the home team,
If they don't win it's a shame.
For it's one, two, three strikes you're out,
At the old ballgame.

Jack Norworth, a songwriter and Vaudeville performer, saw that sign while riding a New York subway in 1908. Although not a baseball fan himself at the time, he saw the meaning in a single game for New York Giants fans and for so many others.

It inspired him to pen the lyrics to a song that would be called "Take Me Out To The Ball Game," and now an institution within the national pastime is about to be celebrated in fitting style.

"Singing 'Take Me Out to the Ball Game' is a quintessential part of every ballpark experience and giving our fans a fun and interactive way to honor its 100th anniversary is a perfect way to start the 2008 season," said Bob DuPuy, president and chief operating officer of Major League Baseball. "Baby Ruth knows how to help our fans take time to savor the baseball experience and we are delighted to partner with them to celebrate one of the great American traditions -- Opening Day -- and this timeless song."

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