National Hot Dog & Sausage Council Announces Video Contest to Create New Version of `Take Me Out to the Ball Game' that Includes Hot Dogs
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Washington, DC – The National Hot Dog
& Sausage Council (NHDSC) today
announced a new song contest to create an
updated version of the century-old song “Take
Me Out to the Ball Game” that includes a
reference to hot dogs.
Historians claim that the song’s original
author, Jack Norworth, never witnessed a
baseball game until years after writing the
song. Had he actually taken in a game at
the Polo Grounds in the early 1900s, he would
have witnessed fans beginning their love affair
with sausages in buns.
“Each singing of the song sans hot dogs at
the seventh inning stretch in ball parks
nationwide is like salt in the venerable
wiener’s wound,” said Council President and
‘Queen of Wien’ Janet M. Riley.
“That’s why in 2009, we are taking matters
into our own hands with a new contest to
rewrite the lyrics.” The Council
has also petitioned the U.S. Copyright Office
to permit the change to the
song.
- Honorable Mention -- Five (5) pounds of
gourmet hot dogs and a $50 gift certificate to
MLB.com to be used for merchandise or game
tickets to select
teams.
- Third place – Ten (10) pounds of gourmet
hot dogs and a $100 gift certificate to MLB.com
to be used for merchandise or game tickets to
select
teams.
- Second Place – Fifteen (15) pounds of
gourmet hot dogs and a $250 gift card to
MLB.com to be used for merchandise or game
tickets to select teams.
- Grand Prize – Twenty-five (25) pounds of
gourmet hot dogs and a $500 gift card to
MLB.com to be used for merchandise or game
tickets to select teams. Winner also will
receive a souvenir baseball autographed by Hall
of Famer Phil
Niekro.
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