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Baseball Music - Getting Psyched for the World Series

Promotional Slide for "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" featuring a liberated Katie Casey and her beau (IMAGE: National Baseball Library)

Have you ever stopped to consider what the lyrics to "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" actually mean?  This century-old song actually documents the feminist "New Woman Movement" that shook American culture up at the turn of the 20th century.  ideastream Senior Arts reporter David C. Barnett joins Dan Polletta to share the history of baseball in popular music over the decades, as we get ready for the next round of the World Series.

Dave DeOreo is coordinating producer for Ideastream Public Media’s arts and culture team.