Why do we sing "Take me out to the ball game,"?

Question

when we are already there?

I sing it too!

Answer 1

Good point. I guess we are just reveling in it while we are there!

Answer 2

Good point. I guess its just to get the spirts up.. I dono but I sing it and Im the one that sings off key and really loud and her friends are like I dont know this wired person ..But I just find it fun. Its a song we all know.

Answer 3

Nowadays the verses to the song are almost never heard, with only the chorus generally sung. It is commonly held to be the third most-often-played song in the United States, after "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "Happy Birthday to You".

In the I Love Lucy episode "Lucy and Harpo Marx", Harpo plays "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" on his harp.

In the Marx Brothers comedy, A Night at the Opera, Harpo and Chico, in sabotaging the opera Il Trovatore sneak a rendition of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" within the Overture. When the Overture comes to the song, they, in the orchestra pit, feign a game of baseball, while Groucho appears as a stadium vendor calling out, "PEANUTS, PEANUTS! GETCHER RED HOT PEANUTS!!"

Among those famously associated with the song was Hall of Fame sportscaster Harry Caray, who began singing at games in Comiskey Park for the Chicago White Sox from the early 1970s to 1981, then in Wrigley Field for the Chicago Cubs from 1982 through 1997. Caray's tradition of leading the crowd in singing the song began when White Sox owner Bill Veeck snuck a public address microphone into Caray's broadcast booth, so that the crowd could hear's Caray's boundless enthusiasm and marginal musical talents — something that previously only his broadcast colleagues were privy to. After that, Caray began leading the crowd, leaning out the front window of his booth and swinging his microphone in time with the music. When Caray left Sox broadcasts to join the WGN team broadcasting Cubs games, the singing tradition went with him. Late in his career, when Caray missed a number of games due to a stroke, "guest conductors" did the honors; after Caray's death, the guest-conductor tradition has become a part of the Cubs tradition, with different celebrities doing the activities each game, whether it is part of Chicago sports, actors, musicians, news anchors, or fans.

Coincidentally, the year the song was written (1908) is the last year the Cubs won the World Series — after beating out Norworth's Giants for the league championship.

When sung at baseball games, a variety of alternative lines are sung. Most of these center on the line "Let me root, root root for the home team;" in most Major League ballparks, the actual name of the home team is substituted for the words "home team."

For example, on the South Side of Chicago, it is sung "Let me root, root, root for the White Sox". If the team name contains one syllable, the word "team" can be appended to the team name, as in "Reds team," as sung in Cincinnati, though in recent years the Reds have taken to using "Redlegs" to fill this spot. Similarily, other two-syllable nicknames are also used, such as "Cubbies" at Chicago Cubs games, or "Twinkies" at Minnesota Twins games. Some teams replace the words "Let me" with either "So it's", "For it's", "So we'll", "With a," or "'Cause it's."

At a few baseball parks, such as Dodger Stadium where the Los Angeles Dodgers play, the song is played twice, but the second time has different lyrics.

After the September 11, 2001 attacks, many teams replaced the song with God Bless America during the seventh inning stretch, or played the song after God Bless America. This practice largely has ceased in recent years, though God Bless America is retained for patriotic holidays such as Independence Day and Memorial Day. In some instances it is reserved for a specific day of the week, such as a Sunday.

If a game goes to the 14th, 21st, 28th etc. innings at Wrigley Field, they will sing the song again.

Cheers :)

Answer 4

I always sing the John Foggerty song PUT ME IN COACH!!!!! :)

Answer 5

Some people just have to live in the past...lol

Answer 6

sounds like an old tradition started by someone who had one too many....lol...jkz

Answer 7

It used to be a tradition, until it was replaced with "God Bless America", which is another reason I don't go to ballgames anymore.

Answer 8

its a tradition

Answer 9

cause we're loyal cubs fans and thats how you do it at wrigley,,,,go cubs