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Seventh-Inning Stretch

Twenty Thousand Hertz

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The Story of Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Jack Norworth wrote Take Me Out to the Ball Game in 1908. The song went viral, within months of its publication, three different recordings of it broke the top ten in the music charts. George Boswick believes Jack Norworth's Katie Casey had all the qualities of a modern woman and the song itself carried a feminist message. Not everyone agrees.

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