Casey at the Bat (and two sequels)
by Ernest L Thayer (Phinn) and Grantland Rice
12 minutes, 5 seconds
Unabridged Baseball Poetry
1888, 1907, 1910
Three baseball classics:
Ernest L Thayer (writing under the pen name "Phinn") wrote the baseball classic Casey at the Bat: "A Ballad of the Republic, Sung in the Year 1888" for the San Fransisco Examiner. In the century since, the poem has spawned hundreds of sequels, including a handful of updates by sports columnist Grantland Rice.
Just in time for baseball season 2005! Read by Alex Wilson. Sample audio from "Mudville's Fate" below:
Categories: 1-15 minutes, 2005 Release, 20th Century AD, 50 cents, Alex Wilson (Reader), Ernest L Thayer, Grantland Rice, Lyrical Verse, Poetry, Popular Author
Buy Casey at the Bat and a whole bunch of sequels used or new in print/book form at Amazon.com via this link and Telltale Weekly gets a small percentage of the purchase price. [new window]
This recording will be released under the Creative Commons Non-Commercial License on March 29, 2010 or after 100,000 purchases, whichever comes first. Read more.
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12 minutes, 5 seconds
Unabridged Baseball Poetry
1888, 1907, 1910
Three baseball classics:
- Casey at the bat (Thayer/Phinn)
- Mudville's Fate (Rice)
- Casey's Revenge (Rice)
Ernest L Thayer (writing under the pen name "Phinn") wrote the baseball classic Casey at the Bat: "A Ballad of the Republic, Sung in the Year 1888" for the San Fransisco Examiner. In the century since, the poem has spawned hundreds of sequels, including a handful of updates by sports columnist Grantland Rice.
Just in time for baseball season 2005! Read by Alex Wilson. Sample audio from "Mudville's Fate" below:
Categories: 1-15 minutes, 2005 Release, 20th Century AD, 50 cents, Alex Wilson (Reader), Ernest L Thayer, Grantland Rice, Lyrical Verse, Poetry, Popular Author
Buy Casey at the Bat and a whole bunch of sequels used or new in print/book form at Amazon.com via this link and Telltale Weekly gets a small percentage of the purchase price. [new window]
Ernest L Thayer (1863-1940) was an editor for the Harvard Lampoon before writing a column for William Randolph Hearst's San Fransisco Examiner, for which he published probably the most famous piece of American Baseball folklore ever created: "Casey at the Bat."
Grantland Rice (1880-1954) was an early 20th century American sportswriter. He is credited with the famous sports addage: "He marks--not that you won or lost--but how you played the game" in his poem "Alumnus Football."
Alex Wilson is a writer and stage/film actor from northern Ohio and now based in Carrboro, North Carolina. He starred in the North American Premiere of Richard Taylor's musical Whistle Down the Wind and recently filmed The Third Cord with Emmy-nominated director Jack Lucido. His animated comics-parody film All's Fair in Love and Police Actions was recently selected as an iFilm Pick. He is the founder of Telltale Weekly and Spoken Alexandria. See his website for more. [new windows, all].
This recording will be released under the Creative Commons Non-Commercial License on March 29, 2010 or after 100,000 purchases, whichever comes first. Read more.
Posted by alex at March 29, 2005 1:13 PM
