Why do we yell "charge" at a baseball game?

Question

Why do we yell "charge" at a baseball game?

Answer 1

I believe it is an old battle cry...it is always preceded by that horn riff...if you ever watch any old (pre-1960) cartoons & Western movies where there are cavalry battles, you are likely to hear it there, also.

Answer 2

? Who yells "charge" at baseball games? When?

We just sing Sweet Caroline where I come from!

Answer 3

why not

Answer 4

Why not yell "charge" at a baseball game?

Answer 5

Funny, I was at Shea yesterday and that chant went around and I asked myself that very same thing.  I came up with nothing.  You could make a case as a football thing or some other sport where several players are all in motion at the same time, but not baseball.

It is a traditional thing though, going back decades.

Answer 6

Its a cheer.

Answer 7

they used to get the band playin in the old days after a batter got beaned. and they would start the da na na CHARGE. as in charging the mound

Answer 8

to cheer on your team.