
Wayne County Wanderings: Casey at the Bat
Renowned classicist Bernard Knox (1914-2010) reminded us that the notion in Western culture of "looking forward" from the present into the future, ...
Read moreFrom the Wilson (North Carolina) Times last week (April 12, 2019) came a thoughtful, quietly impassioned column by Sanda Baucom Hight, "Celebrate N...
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Read moreThe irrepressible Bill Littlefield, prolific author and former host of WBUR's "Only A Game," penned at the outset of the 2017 season this reassessm...
Read moreColin Fleming's literary tribute to "Baseball's Greatest Poem" deserves a significant place in this compendium of current wit and wisdom compiled b...
Read moreCaseyatthe.blog corrects the record with San Mateo Daily Journal's "Know It All:" "There is a lot more to learn from ['Casey at the Bat'] than the ...
Read more"There is no joy in Mudbugville. For now," by Mike Scott in NOLA.com, conveys the all-too-recent grief of New Orleans Saints fans with a handsome t...
Read moreFantastic piece of analysis of the circumstances of Casey's famous at-bat by Leigh Allan from SBNation! And have you ever wondered why the opposing...
Read moreCasey asks "What the hell? I thought you liked me because I hit a bunch of homers, but I guess I was wrong. I cannot believe how fast you all turne...
Read moreFor most of his life, when Ernest Thayer was asked about the origins of "Casey at the Bat," he was quick to respond "Sam Winslow." Only in the las...
Read moreSo why devote a blog in 2019 to the story of a poem written by a nearly unknown author in 1888? For one thing, the poem created a character --"the...
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