Jackie Robinson
"Step up to the plate" - If you want a promotion, you have to step up to the plate and improve your performance.
What is take action or responsibility for something difficult?
Name three traditional ball park foods
What are hot dogs, peanuts, and cracker jacks?
"To go to bat for" - Dad will always go to bat for his kids.
What is to support or help
The year the song was written.
What is 1908?
How many World Series have the Yankees won?
What is 27?
The branch of the military Jackie served in
What is the army
"In the ballpark" - I'm just guessing how much that car costs, but I bet I'm in the ballpark.
What is close or within a certain range
In what year did nachos become a staple at ball parks
What is the year 1978?
What is the "home team" typically replaced with when the song is sung at baseball games. ("Let me root, root, root for the home team...")
What is the name of the home team?
What is the longest baseball game in history?
What is 26 innings? May 1st, 1920 the Brooklyn Dodgers & Boston Bravers game lasted 3 hours & 50 minutes
Jackie was the first African American to
What is to play on a major league baseball team? Segregation was still in effect at this time & African Americans played in a different league.
"Rain check" - I'm sorry I have to cancel tonight but I'll take a rain check.
What is a promise to make good on an offer or reschedule?
Concession stands sell this drink at ball parks all over the USA. Its logos are usually all over the baseball park.
What is Coke a Cola
When is the song typically sung?
What is in the middle of the 7th inning?
What is the oldest ballpark in the MLB?
What is Fenway Park? It was built in 1912.
What famous person was Jackie's middle name named after?
Who is Theodore (Teddy Roosevelt) the 26th president
"Off base" - What he said happened yesterday at school was way off base.
What is wrong or mistaken?
During peak baseball season(between Memorial day and Labor day) about how many hot dogs do Americans eat at the ball park
What is about 7 billion Hot Dogs?
What had the authors of the song never done before writing the song?
What is attend a baseball game?
Who is the Great Bambino?
Who is Babe Ruth?