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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Wednesday, April 27, 2016
James Earl Jones Reads Casey At The Bat
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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