"And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout; But there is no joy in Mudville-mighty Casey has struck out."" Those lines have echoed through the decades, the final stanza of a poem published pseudonymously in the June 3, 1888, issue ...
Casey at the Bat, by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, is likely the single most recognized writing on baseball. Originally published in the San Francisco Examiner on June 3, 1888, this timeless piece carries the same popularity over a hundred years later. The...