Ernest Lawrence Thayer
American author
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- In Casey at the Bat: Ernest Lawrence Thayer
Thayer was born in 1863 and grew up in Massachusetts. He attended Harvard University, where he studied with the philosopher William James and became president and editor of the university’s humor magazine, The Harvard Lampoon. His classmates called him by the nickname…
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“Casey at the Bat”
- In baseball: Baseball and the arts
” Ernest L. Thayer’s poem, first published in the San Francisco Examiner on June 3, 1888, gained its initial popularity through the stage performances of comic actor DeWolf Hopper, who recited the poem more than 10,000 times in hundreds of American cities and towns. “Casey at…
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