The “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” songwriters had never seen a baseball game.
historyfacts.com
The idea for the song came to the writer not while he was sitting in the stands, but instead, of all places, on the New York City subway.
  • BlueLineBae@midwest.socialEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Anyone interested in American history should watch Ken Burns Baseball. It’s an excellent documentary series about baseball that’s packed full of fun facts like this. One of my favorite facts I learned was that people sang the Star Spangled Banner at baseball games before it was established as our national anthem. The documentary goes through the history of baseball and how everything that has happened to the sport beautifully depicts everything that has happened in the country’s history through the lens of baseball. For all the good and bad, it’s a great documentary series. 10/10 highly recommend!