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  2. Ernest Thayer - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Casey at the Bat - Wikipedia

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    It also includes a "Poetry Round Robin" where famous poems are rewritten in the style of the next poet in line, featured Casey at the Bat as written by Edgar Allan Poe. Sportswriter Leonard Koppett claimed in a 1979 tongue-in-cheek article that the published poem omits 18 lines penned by Thayer, which changed the overall theme of the poem ...

  4. Line-Up for Yesterday - Wikipedia

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    "Line-Up for Yesterday: An ABC of Baseball Immortals" is a poem written by Ogden Nash for the January 1949 issue of SPORT Magazine.In the poem, Nash dedicates each letter of the alphabet to a legendary Major League Baseball player.

  5. Poetry from Daily Life: Words can lurch, leap, dive and duck ...

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    Marjorie Maddox is the author of 20 books, including "Rules of the Game: Baseball Poems," in which “Home Run” first appeared. She is the 2023-2024 radio host of WPSU’s Poetry Moment ...

  6. Culture and sports combine for the National Baseball Poetry ...

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    The unique event will take place this weekend.

  7. Baseball's Sad Lexicon - Wikipedia

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    "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.

  8. Robert Francis (poet) - Wikipedia

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    Robert Francis (August 12, 1901 – July 13, 1987) was an American poet who lived most of his life in Amherst, Massachusetts.. His 1953 poem, “The Pitcher”, is a classic work among coaches, athletes, baseball players—and pitchers and artists.

  9. The Night Game (poem) - Wikipedia

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    "The Night Game" is a poem written by Robert Pinsky. It was published as part of his book The Want Bone in 1990. The poem's title refers to baseball night games, alluding to Pinsky's love of the game. It is a love poem in which he uses baseball to describe a young romance. [1]