The score stood four to two, with but one inning left to play. Yup. "Casey at the Bat," performed by DeWolf Hopper in 1909. No poem set in a game has achieved the notoriety of Ernest Lawrence Thayer’s ...
Well, 125 years ago this coming Monday. Today, however, Dave D’Alessandro of the Newark Star-Ledger has a remembrance of baseball’s most famous poem, as well as some background on those who have tried ...
The Outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville nine that day: The score stood four to two, with but one inning more to play. And then when Cooney died at first, and Barrows did the same, A sickly ...
Either Columbus or the Vikings discovered America, baseball was invented in either Cooperstown, N.Y., or Pittsfield, and the first Thanksgiving was celebrated in (your state's name here). The origins ...
Casey stands at bat in a 1912 illustrated version of the poem. Wikimedia Commons “The outlook wasn’t brilliant for the Mudville nine that day.” So begins Ernest Thayer’s epic baseball poem “Casey at ...
His technique how to vary the avoidance. Even if Robert Francis had ended his poem titled “The Pitcher” right there, the verse would have been worth remembering. And he’s not the only authentic poet ...
One hundred twenty-five years ago this week, a 56-line poem of light verse was inauspiciously published in the San Francisco Examiner. It told the story of a haughty slugger for the fictional Mudville ...
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