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Mudville Nine
Posted on July 5, 2016 at 12:16 PM |
June gives all baseball cranks a chance to relive the legend
of Mighty Casey. Of all the fictional
characters to come out of baseball, none has ever held a place in the minds and
hearts of fans, as has Casey. The
legendary poem, “Casey at the Bat” by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, celebrates its
128 anniversary this month.
This poem has appeared in nearly all baseball magazines or periodicals
and every true fan has heard of the team known as the Mudville Nine. No matter how many times you have read this
poem or heard it read, you can’t help but sift through the verse to find out
about Cooney and Burrows or Flynn and Blakely.
What position did Casey play? Did
he bat left or right, and what was the score?
And yes, the umpires; even in 1888, the umpire was considered more the
enemy than the opponent. Some of the
questions can be answered; some not; but still we look. Even though Casey is a fictitious character,
he represents every Major League hero we’ve ever had. If you squint your eyes just so, you can see
Ruth, Mantle, Aaron, Bonds, and Stanton.
Harper, Trout, Casey and the others become one in the fact that even the
very best players fail, seven out of ten times at bat. Baseball is a lot like life, in that failing
normally precedes success. Even so, the
great ones continue to step into the batter’s box and risk the strikeout to
hear the cheers. Casey seems to have
created a niche for himself in the imaginary Hall of Fame, not because of what
he did, but rather because of what he failed to do. Casey at
the Bat It looked extremely rocky for the
Mudville Nine that day; The score stood two to four, with but an inning left to
play. So, Cooney died at second, and Burrows did the same, A pallor wreathed the features of the patrons of the game. A straggling few got up to go, leaving there the rest, With that hope which springs eternal within the human
breast. For they thought, “If only Casey would get a whack at that,” They’d put even money now, with Casey at the bat. But Flynn preceded Casey, and likewise so did Blake, And the former was a pudd’n and the latter was a fake. So, on the stricken multitude a deathlike silence sat; For there seemed but little chance of Casey getting to the
bat. But Flynn let drive a “single” to the wonderment of all. And the much-despised Blakely “tore the cover off the ball.” And when the dust had lifted, and they saw what had
occurred, There was Blakely safe at second and Flynn a-huggin’ third. Then from the gladdened multitude went up a joyous yell. It rumbled in the mountaintops, it rattled in the dell; It struck upon the hillside and rebounded on the flat; For Casey, mighty Casey was advancing to the bat. There was ease in Casey’s manner as he stepped into his
place; There was pride in Casey’s bearing and a smile on Casey’s
face. And when responding to the cheers, he lightly doffed his
hat; No stranger in the crowd could doubt, ’twas Casey at the
bat. Ten thousand eyes were on him, as he rubbed his hands with dirt; Five thousand tongues applauded when he wiped them on his
shirt. Then when the writhing pitcher ground the ball into his hip, Defiance glanced in Casey’s eye, a sneer curled Casey’s lip. And now the leather-covered sphere came hurling through the
air, And Casey stood a-watching it in haughty grandeur there. Close by the sturdy batsman the ball unheeded sped. “That ain’t my style,” said Casey; “Strike one,” the umpire
said. From the benches, black with people, there went up a muffled
roar, Like the beating of the storm waves on the stern and distant
shore. “Kill him! Kill the umpire!” shouted someone in the stand; And it’s likely they’d have killed him had not Casey raised
his hand. With a smile of Christian Charity, great Casey’s visage
shone; He stilled the rising tumult; he made the game go on. He signaled to the pitcher, and once more the spheroid flew; But Casey still ignored it, and the umpire said, “Strike
two.” “Fraud” cried the maddened thousands, and the echo answered
Fraud. But one scornful look from Casey, and the audience was awed; They saw his face grow stern and cold, they saw his muscles
strain; And they knew that Casey wouldn’t let the ball go by again. The sneer is gone from Casey’s lips; his teeth are clenched
in hate; He pounds with cruel vengeance his bat upon the plate. And now the pitcher holds the ball, and now he lets it go; And now the air is shattered by the force of Casey’s blow. Oh, somewhere in this favored land, the sun is shining
bright; The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are
light. And somewhere, men are laughing; and somewhere children
shout; But there is no joy in Mudville: Mighty Casey has struck out.
Ernest
Lawrence Thayer June 3, 1888 |
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