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This couple didn’t settle for peanuts and Cracker Jack

Weddings And Special Occasions | 31 weeks 2 days ago | Comments 0

By Jim Vanore

An old boyfriend just had to horn in at Stacey's and Tom's reception.

Take me out to the ball game,
Take me out with the crowd.
Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack,
I don't care if I never get back…
—Jack Norworth, 1908

One day in 1908 when Jack Norworth was riding the New York subway, he saw a sign—Ballgame Today at the Polo Grounds, and the words to the now well-known song, “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” began to form in his mind.
Sung less often are the opening lines to the song, altered here for reasons of literary license you will soon understand:

Stacey Pelle loved baseball games,
Knew the players, knew all their names,

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