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Monday, April 11, 2005


"Opening Day 2005!"

Today is Opening Day at Miller Park. In honor of the first Milwaukee Brewers home game of 2005, I present you with some well-known baseball poetry....

The following was written in 1908 by a man named Jack Norworth. One day while riding on the New York City subway, he spotted a sign that said "Ballgame Today at the Polo Grounds." Some baseball-related verse suddenly popped into his head -- later set to music by Albert Von Tilzer -- and the well known baseball song, "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" was born. Since then, it's become one of the most recognized songs about baseball, and is gleefully sung during the seventh inning stretch in nearly every ballpark in the country!


"Take Me Out to the Ballgame!"
- by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer

Katie Casey was baseball mad
had the fever and had it bad
Just to root for the home town crew
every sou*, Katie blew

On a Saturday her young beau
called to see if she'd like to go
to see a show but Miss Kate said "No,
"I'll tell you what you can do..."

Take me out to the ball game
take me out to the crowd
buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack
I don't care if I never get back

So it's 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 ball game

Katie Casey saw all the games
knew all the players by their first names
told the umpire he was wrong
all along, good and strong

When the score was just two to two
cagey Casey knew what to do
just to cheer up the boys she knew
she made the gang sing this song

Take me out to the ball game
take me out to the crowd
buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack
I don't care if I never get back

So it's 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 ball game!

Have a blessed Monday all.
And to my fellow Milwaukeeans, let's PLAY BALL! :)

-Jon

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