Timeline
Lifetime:
1863 -
1940
Passed: ≈
84 years ago
Title
Writer
Country/Nationality
Ernest Lawrence Thayer
Books by Ernest Lawrence Thayer
Casey at the Bat
Poetry
Children's Literature
Culture
Hope
Sports
Failure
Poetry
Baseball
Classic
American
Poem
Disappointment
Game
Team
Casey at the Bat is a humorous and nostalgic poem about a baseball game in which the home team, Mudville, is losing until their star player, Casey, comes to bat in the ninth inning with two outs and the bases loaded. The poem builds suspense as the c...