The most popular song in baseball, “Take Me Out to the Ball Game,” is getting its own stamp. The seventh-inning sing-along celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, and USPS is covering all the bases for this one.
The Take Me Out to the Ball Game stamp will be officially dedicated Wednesday, July 16, in a ceremony held on the White House lawn. But it’s our efforts with local communities that are really going to bring the joy of this song to baseball fans all across the country.
The Postal Service has teamed up with Little League Baseball and Pitch In For Baseball to promote the stamp in communities across the nation. Pitch In For Baseball’s mission is to help kids all over the world by sharing the great American pastime. They collect and give baseball equipment and other assistance to young people around the world. Their motto says it all: Let your equipment play extra innings.
Postmasters from coast to coast are being asked to plan a homerun event to sell the stamp and encourage their customers to collect “gently used” or new baseball equipment — mainly baseball gloves. Our new Priority Mail Large Flat-Rate Box is perfect for shipping, and our new online Click-N-Ship discounts will make it easier and more affordable to send equipment to Pitch In For Baseball.
For more information, see pages 5–14 and 72–73.
