"
Take Me Out to the Ball Game" is a 1908
Tin Pan Alley song by
Jack Norworth and
Albert Von Tilzer which has become the unofficial anthem of North American
baseball, although neither of its authors had attended a game prior to writing the song. The song (chorus only) is traditionally sung during the
middle of the seventh inning of a baseball game. Fans are generally encouraged to sing along, and at some ballparks, the words "home team" are replaced with the team name.