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One of the most recognized baseball anthems in American culture, famously sung during the 7th-inning stretch.

"Take Me Out to the Ball Game" is one of the most recognized American sports anthems, ironically created by Tin Pan Alley composers who hadn't experienced a baseball game when writing it. The song became the unofficial seventh-inning stretch tradition since the 1970s.

Written in 1908, this iconic baseball anthem tells the story of a woman who demands to be taken to a game instead of a show, mocking her date's lack of baseball knowledge. Though only the chorus is widely sung today, the full lyrics reveal a humorous critique of gender norms and commercialism in early 20th-century America. It became baseball's unofficial seventh-inning stretch tradition since the 1930s.