Ernest Lawrence Thayer
Born August 14, 1863 in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He is the author of "Casey at the Bat". The poet, Ernest Thayer, worked for many years as a sports reporter on the staff of newspapers in New Your and California. {"Casey at the Bat" first appeared in the San Francisco Examiner in 1888. It become so popular that in 1953 it inspired an operetta called The Mighty Casey.
Born August 14, 1863 in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He is the author of "Casey at the Bat". The poet, Ernest Thayer, worked for many years as a sports reporter on the staff of newspapers in New Your and California. {"Casey at the Bat" first appeared in the San Francisco Examiner in 1888. It become so popular that in 1953 it inspired an operetta called The Mighty Casey.
Casey at the bat is about a baseball team that is two points behind and in the ninth inning. There are two "garbage" batters before the "mighty casey". The first hit is a single and the team scores once. The second batter goes up and strikes out. Now its all up to casey, there are two outs and the bases are loaded, casey is up next. He gets to the plate, and the pitcher throws the ball and casey doesn't hit it claiming "its not his style." He throws again and casey lets it slide. Now the audience is nervous, there team is one point from tieing up the game. The pitcher throws another casey swings with all of his might and strike three "your out", casey missed and the team loses. And somewhere else in the world there is a happy town that's cheering, but not for this one. The story shows that the cocky superstars do not always win.
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