Ernest Thayer’s epic 1883 baseball poem “Casey at the Bat” was an American sensation. The comic ballad about the hometown hero who struck out in a game’s final at-bat meaning there would be “no joy in ...

In August 1888, The New York Sun published a poem, attributed to “Anonymous,” called “Casey at the Bat.” And the story of how it ended up in the Sun is a curious one. The light verses were actually by ...

It was a storybook finish: bottom of the ninth, two outs, the Mudville nine behind 3-1. The league championship was on the line. Casey hadn’t gotten a hit all night, and he felt a trickle of sweat ...