Think of it as a long seventh-inning stretch, with publishers doing their bit to occupy your time until the next batter is up.

People realized you go to the ballpark to kick back, have a beer, take a seventh-inning stretch.

The game lasted long enough to have a reprise of the seventh-inning stretch.

The bar on the luxury suite level was empty during the seventh-inning stretch.

The Yankees play it during the seventh-inning stretch at every home game.

The game mercifully ends, after a second seventh-inning stretch, in the 14th.

It was the seventh-inning stretch, but many fans had been standing all night.

Blue Jays fans sing it during the seventh-inning stretch of home games.

At least not until after a second seventh-inning stretch.

The song is traditionally sung during the seventh-inning stretch of a baseball game.