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Take Who Out to the Ball Game?

Season 5
July 8, 2020

Baseball fan or not, you know this song…or at least, you think you do. “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” is one of the top three most recognizable songs in the country, next to the “The Star Spangled Banner” and “Happy Birthday.” But long-forgotten lyrics reveal a feminist message buried amid the peanuts and cracker jack.

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Bat used by Hank Aaron in the 1957 All-Star Game

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Let's Keep the Dodgers in Brooklyn [sheet music]

Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris

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Hank Aaron, Delbert Rice, Andrew Pafko, Fred Haney and Joseph Adcock

20c Jackie Robinson single

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Baseball, awarded to Walter "Buck" Leonard

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Ted Williams

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Dwight D. Eisenhower, Casey Stengel, and Walter Alston

Robin Roberts

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Don Larsen and Casey Stengel

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Baseball, signed by the 1952 Brooklyn Dodgers

Baseball Bat used by Stan Musial for his 3,000th Hit

Napoleon Lajoie's official base ball guide

Catcher's mitt used by Roy Campanella


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