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 ...

If someone asked you to think of a poem about baseball, chances are that the first one—maybe the only one—to spring to mind would be "Casey At The Bat." The send-up about a hulking slugger for the ...

Last week I noted my favorite baseball poem-- Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s “Baseball Canto” -- but today marks the 125th anniversary of baseball’s most famous poem, “Casey at the Bat.” It was on June 3, ...

Not long ago in this very space, we recognized the 125th anniversary of "Casey at the Bat," Ernest Thayer's classic baseball poem that first ran in San Francisco's Daily Examiner on June 3, 1888. On ...

Baseball’s premier poem “Casey at the Bat” first appeared in print 120 years ago today. Ever since, it has claimed a highly honored place in Americana and carved a niche in American folklore.

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 ...

Baseball’s premier poem ‘Casey at the Bat’ first appeared in print 120 years this week. Ever since, it has claimed a highly honored place in Americana and carved a niche in American folklore.

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 ...

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (CBS/AP) -- The mighty Casey is still striking out 125 years after he went down in baseball lore, but he has given Tim Wiles a steady side gig. Wiles is director of research at the ...

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 ...

Everybody knows the baseball poem “Casey at the Bat” written by Ernest Thayer in 1888, but have you heard of the sequel “Casey’s Comeback”? If not, then enjoy the following poem authored by Pacifica’s ...

It’s been 136 years since “Casey at the Bat,” one of the most famous poems in American literature, was first published. And in all of that time, the concluding line of Ernest Lawrence Thayer’s ballad ...