In baseball in the United States and Canada, the seventh-inning stretch is a tradition that takes place between the halves of the seventh inning of a game – in the middle of the seventh inning. Fans generally stand up and stretch out their arms and legs and sometimes walk around. It is a popular time to get a late-game snack as well; many vendors end alcohol 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 (as well as a possible “twenty-first inning stretch” or “twenty-eighth inning stretch”). In softball games, amateur games scheduled for only seven innings, or in doubleheaders (except for Major League Baseball, both ends are nine innings each per regulation), a "fifth-inning stretch" may be substituted.
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