Casey at the Bat is a poem written by Ernest Thayer in 1888. DeWolf Hopper recited the poem on stage over 10,000 times by his count. Thayer was a humor columnist for the San Francisco Examiner at the time he wrote the poem.
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Bob Wicker: Dead Ball Era Hurler
Bob Wicker was born at Bono,IN, and lived in Bedford,IN. He pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, and Cincinnati Reds from ...
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Visit my author page at: http://tinyurl.com/pvh9mds In the eternal green pastures of my youth there is an old ballpark. Where all gam...
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Visit my author page at: http://tinyurl.com/pvh9mds It was spring. I was 9 years old, and was playing catch with my younger brother J...
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