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“Take Me Out to the Ballgame” Stamp Lapel Pin

Hit a grand-slam by sharing a little bit of baseball culture. Pur­chase the “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” lapel pins for giveaways. “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” is an early-20th century Tin Pan Alley song that became the unofficial anthem of baseball. The song is traditionally sung during the seventh-inning stretch of a baseball game. Over the century, the “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” musical work has been affectionately referred to as the “other” national anthem. It has been ranked in sur­vey polls as one of the top ten songs of the twentieth cen­tury and is behind only “Happy Birthday” and “The Star Spangled Banner” as the most easily recognized song in America.

Post Offices™ and postal employees are now afforded the opportunity to buy these lapel pins at cost if given away. The cost is $19.60 for a bag of 20 lapel pins. They are available on e-Buy/Retail Merchandise Center as Item #23190271. To sell at the retail counter as a grab bag of 20 pins, use Item #23190318. This item number will need to be keyed into POS, as the barcode is not on the bag.

— Retail Marketing,
Retail Operations, 11-6-08