seventh inning stretch

     

The seventh-inning stretch is a traition in baseball that takes place between the halves of the seventh inning of any game. Fans generally stand up and stretch out their legs and other muscles and sometimes walk around. It is a popular time to get a late-inning snack as well; many teams end beer sales at this point. The stretch also serves as a short break for the players. If a game goes into a fifth extra inning, a similar "fourteenth-inning stretch" is celebrated. In softball games, amateur games scheduled for only seven innings, or in doubleheaders (except for Major League Baseball, both ends are seven innings each per regulation), a "fifth-inning stretch" may be substituted.

Trivia about seventh inning stretch

  • It's the point in a baseball game when fans traditionally stand & sing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"
  • One theory is this sports tradition began at Manhattan College in 1882 to control restless students in the stands

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