Casey at the Bat
"Casey at the Bat" is a poem on the subject of
baseball, written in 1888 by Ernest Thayer. It was first published in the
San Francisco Examiner on June 3, 1888, but was popularized by
DeWolf Hopper in many
vaudeville performances; Hopper gave the poem's first stage recitation on August 14, 1888 at
New York's Wallack Theatre in the presence of the
Chicago and
New York baseball teams, the White Stockings and the Giants; August 14, 1888
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"
Casey at the Bat" is a poem on the subject of
baseball, written in 1888 by Ernest Thayer. It was first published in the
San Francisco Examiner on June 3, 1888, but was popularized by
DeWolf Hopper in many
vaudeville performances; Hopper gave the poem's first stage recitation on August 14, 1888 at
New York's Wallack Theatre in the presence of the
Chicago and
New York baseball teams, the White Stockings and the Giants; August 14, 1888
