'At the Bat' looks at Casey Jones' infamous strikeout and aftermath that followed
.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — “Casey at the Bat” is a baseball ballad that has sustained its fame since shortly after appearing as filler in the San Francisco Examiner in June 1888. Ernest Lawrence Thayer’s poem’s concluding stanza laments “But there is no joy in Mudville – mighty Casey has struck out.” Del Leonard Jones The ballad portrays a fictional heroic Casey making the final out. His t...
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