Casey at the Bat

Posted by Miss Cellania in Book & Lit, Sports on December 20, 2008 at 9:47 am



Here’s a pleasant diversion for baseball fans! You know the poem Casey at the Bat by Ernest Thayer. Now see the entire poem rendered in an appropriate medium -baseball cards! Link -Thanks, Ben Henry!


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5 comments to "Casey at the Bat"

  1. vero4902
    December 20th, 2008 at 12:18 pm

    Hmm, kinda hard to follow at times, but enjoyable!

  2. Tiny Dancer
    December 20th, 2008 at 2:31 pm

    Yeah, a little hard to read on a few cards (helps if you know the poem), but well worth the effort, thanks, Miss C.!

  3. ted
    December 20th, 2008 at 8:08 pm

    There's a lot of ugly baseball players out there.

  4. liphttam1
    December 20th, 2008 at 10:36 pm

    Casy at bat was a poem? I have it as a book.

  5. SparkS
    December 21st, 2008 at 10:28 pm

    Casey at the Bat
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    "Casey at the Bat", subtitled "A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888", is a baseball poem written in 1888 by Ernest Thayer. First published in the San Francisco Examiner on June 3, 1888, it was later popularized by DeWolf Hopper in many vaudeville performances.


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