Ernest Lawrence Thayer was an American writer and poet who wrote the poem "Casey", which is "the single most famous baseball poem ever written" according to the Baseball Almanac, and "the nation’s bes
Illustration of "Casey at Bat"
Casey at the Bat is a lost 1916 American silent sports drama film produced by Fine Arts Studios in Hollywood, directed by Lloyd Ingraham, and starring DeWolf Hopper with principal support from Marguer
Casey (DeWolf Hopper) in batting practice before the big game against Frogtown
Film still of Casey (Hopper) talking to Angevine (Marguerite Marsh) in Hicks' General Store in Mudville
Still of an injured Casey, who looked "like a giant" in his Mudville uniform, watching his team lose Game 2 to Frogtown