In 1885, E. Robinson Casey was third baseman on the Detroit National League ball team. In a game at Minneapolis when the bases were full and the score " four to three with but one inning more to play," he struck out. A young Harvard manErnest Lawrence Thayerpinned the tragedy into a few neat verses, and Actor DeWolf Hopper took to reciting the poem.
That was Casey at the Bat. The ball game was 38 years ago. And since then Casey has become a legendary figure like Paul Revere and the Village Blacksmith....
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