Casey at the Bat
Poem by Ernest Thayer
"Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic, Sung in the Year 1888" is a mock-heroic poem written in 1888 by Ernest Thayer. It was first published anonymously in The San Francisco Examiner on June 3, 1888, under the pen name "Phin", based on... Wikipedia
Originally published: June 3, 1888
Author: Ernest Thayer