Take me out!

Tonight? No, to the ball game, silly! I was addressing my Padre Day cards (late!) for my uncles today and using the last of my 42 cent stamps, one of which was a baseball player. Sorry to my other uncle who will have to suffer with a feminine sunflower stamp. I was also barraged with another piece of baseball when the local teams marketing manager contacted me to plan an event there. This all got me to thinking about how the ball game song originated? It was written in 1908 by Jack Norworth and set to music by Albert Von Tilzer. The song was rewritten in 1927 to replace Katie Casey with Nelly Kelly. Today, we never hear the verses so I won't bore you with those lyrics, but as they say let's root, root root for the home team.....