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TODD MELBY

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    Audio report: Twins fans belt out "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"

    Major League Baseball is celebrating the song "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" this season. Written by Jack Norworth in 1908, the song was originally performed in vaudeville acts before catching on with fans. At Monday's opener, Twins fans auditioned for a chance to sing the sport's unofficial anthem at an upcoming game.


    Photo courtesy of Minnesota TwinsMikaela Schmidt takes her turn at the mike.

    Bryce Jasper of Plymouth loves the tradition of belting out the song during the 7th inning stretch. "Everybody knows it," he says. "Everybody loves it. We all sing it. It just makes you feel good." 

    Listen to Twins fans singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame."

    Listen to Twins fans singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame."

     

     

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    Todd Melby
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    Todd Melby is a reporter and radio journalist. His stories have aired on BBC Radio 4, NPR's Day to Day, The World, Marketplace, Chicago Public Radio and elsewhere. Locally, he writes about architecture for the Building Minnesota blog and Minnesota Monthly. He's won an Edward R. Murrow award and a Sigma Delta Chi award for radio documentaries he produced with Diane Richard. He's also the host of "Listening Lounge," a program dedicated to radio documentaries, which airs Mondays at 7 p.m. on KFAI. He can be reached at tmelby [at] minnpost [dot] com.

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