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Take Me Out to the Ball Game
One of the most popular baseball songs of all time, "Take Me Out to the Ball Game " celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2008 on postage late next summer. For decades, the song's catchy chorus has been part of the musical tradition at ballparks around the country, especially during the seventh-inning stretch. The song was born on a New York City train in the summer of 1908, when passenger Jack Norworth -- an actor, singer and songwriter who had never attended a major-league ball game -- penned the words after seeing a sign about an upcoming game at the Polo Grounds.
The stamp image is based on a circa-1880 "trade card " from the personal collection of art director Richard Sheaff of Scottsdale, AZ. The original card shows a baseball scene and contains words promoting a product made by a Michigan company. The stamp art shows the same scene but replaces the product-related words with "Take Me Out to the Ball Game, " the stamp denomination, notes from the music, and the words "United States of America. "