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Ernest Lawrence Thayer (/ ˈ θ eɪ ər /; August 14, 1863 – August 21, 1940) was an American writer and poet who wrote the poem "Casey" (or "Casey at the Bat"), which is "the single most famous baseball poem ever written" according to the Baseball Almanac, [1] and "the nation’s best-known piece of comic verse—a ballad that began a native legend as colorful and permanent as that of ...
"Baseball's Sad Lexicon," also known as "Tinker to Evers to Chance" after its refrain, is a 1910 baseball poem by Franklin Pierce Adams. The eight-line poem is presented as a single, rueful stanza from the point of view of a New York Giants fan watching the Chicago Cubs infield of shortstop Joe Tinker, second baseman Johnny Evers, and first baseman Frank Chance complete a double play.
He was inducted into the Baseball Reliquary's Shrine of the Eternals in 2010, [31] [32] and he was the 2014 recipient of the J. G. Taylor Spink Award, now known as the BBWAA Career Excellence Award, of the Baseball Writers' Association of America; [33] [34] despite being a New Yorker writer, he was nominated by the San Francisco–Oakland ...
Pages in category "Baseball poems" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Baseball's Sad Lexicon; C.
By 1924, Daniel had settled at the New York Telegram, where he remained for the next forty years.In 1925, he won Best Story of the Year from the Baseball Writers' Association of America for his portrayal of Walter Johnson's loss in Game 7 of the Washington Senators/Pittsburgh Pirates World Series match-up.
James Earl Jones leaves behind a legacy as a fantastic actor, one who delivered a monologue that is still a rallying cry for baseball fans all over the world 35 years after it first came out ...
Charles Dryden (March 10, 1860 – February 11, 1931) was an American baseball writer and humorist. He was reported to be the most famous and highly paid baseball writer in the United States during the 1900s.
The Saturday-afternoon luncheons will feature authors and speakers from Worcester and the world of baseball, including, besides Bradlee, Bill Ballou, Brian Abraham, Mike Barnicle and Dan ...