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  • This poem is just as magical today as it was when Thayer wrote it. This version features wonderful illustrations by Gerald Fitzgerald. They appear to be watercolors, but the cover calls them acrylics.

    I read this to my children and my students each Opening Day of baseball season. More and ... Continue

    This poem is just as magical today as it was when Thayer wrote it. This version features wonderful illustrations by Gerald Fitzgerald. They appear to be watercolors, but the cover calls them acrylics.

    I read this to my children and my students each Opening Day of baseball season. More and more I find students cannot relate to the imagery as they have no concept of the game. This is a sad truth to our society. :(

    Casey at the Bat is not great poetry, but it is as much of Americana as anything is and should be celebrated along with our national pastime.

    

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• ― Batona said on Apr 2, 2007 | Add your feedback

Since 1888 Casey at the Bat has been read and loved by baseball fans around the world. Now Mighty Casey has been brought to life by celebrated illustrator C. F. Payne, who captures the old-fashioned fun of an afternoon at the ballpark for a brand-new generation.

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