Take Me Out to the Ball Game is a song about baseball . The words were written by Jack Norworth in 1908 and the music was made by Albert Von Tilzer , though neither of them had ever been to a baseball game before . `` Take Me Out to the Ball Game '' is a 1908 Tin Pan Alley song by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer which has become the unofficial anthem of baseball , although neither of its authors had attended a game prior to writing the song .