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Casey at the Bat. By Ernest Lawrence Thayer. A Ballad of the Republic, Sung in the Year 1888. 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,
‘Casey at the Bat’ by Ernest Lawrence Thayer is a humorous, dramatic, and very popular depiction of a fictional baseball game in Mudville. The poem tells of a loud crowd, an unsuccessful team, and the most important player, Casey.
It rumbled through the valley, it rattled in the dell; It pounded on the mountain and recoiled upon the flat, For Casey, mighty Casey, was advancing to the bat. There was ease in Casey's manner as he stepped into his place; There was pride in Casey's bearing and a smile lit Casey's face.
Casey at the Bat Lyrics. 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...
"Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic, Sung in the Year 1888" is a mock-heroic poem written in 1888 by Ernest Thayer. It was first published anonymously in The San Francisco Examiner (then called The Daily Examiner ) on June 3, 1888, under the pen name "Phin", based on Thayer's college nickname, "Phinney". [1]
May 13, 2011 · Ernest Lawrence Thayer was an American writer and poet who wrote the poem "Casey" (or "Casey at the Bat"), which is "the single most famous baseball poem ever written" according to the Baseball Almanac, and "the nation’s best-known piece of comic verse—a ballad that began a native legend as colorful and permanent as that of Johnny Appleseed ...
The poem's rhyming scheme and repetitive refrain, "Casey at the Bat," create a sing-song rhythm that adds to its humor and memorability. Compared to Thayer's other works, "Casey at the Bat" is a clear departure from his more serious and sentimental poems.
