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    It has inspired a song, an opera, several parodies, and a couple of Disney films, while people in both California and Massachusetts are convinced that their towns were the models for the famous locale. What is this American classic, published almost 120 years ago today, and who wrote it?

    Question #66550. Asked by lanfranco. (Jun 03 06 8:25 PM)


    zbeckabee

    		"Casey at the Bat" (subtitled "A Ballad of the Republic") is a poem on the subject of baseball, written in 1888 by Ernest Thayer.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey_at_the_bat

    Jun 03 06, 9:34 PM
    lanfranco

    		But there is no joy in Mudville ...

    Yes, zbeck, "Casey at the Bat" is the right answer, so a yay to you!

    Jun 04 06, 5:44 PM

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