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The secret history of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”

Twenty Thousand Hertz

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Introduction

Lizzie Peabody: Baseball is full of iconic sounds, but there's one sound that's completely unique to baseball. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of baseball's anthem, the United States Postal Service issued a Take Me Out to the Ball Game Stamp. Dan Piazza attended an event on the South Lawn of the White House where players and the president sang together.

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