Ernest Thayer | |
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| Born | Ernest Lawrence Thayer August 14, 1863 Lawrence, Massachusetts, US |
| Died | August 21, 1940 (aged 77) Santa Barbara, California, US |
| Pen name | Phin |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Spouse | Rosalind Buel Hammett |
| Partner | Rose Washington |
| Children | 0 |
Ernest Lawrence Thayer (/ˈθeɪər/; August 14, 1863 – August 21, 1940) was an American writer and poet who wrote the poem "Casey" (or "Casey at the Bat"), which is "the single most famous baseball poem ever written" according to the Baseball Almanac,[1] and "the nation’s best-known piece of comic verse—a ballad that began a native legend as colorful and permanent as that of Johnny Appleseed or Paul Bunyan."[2]
- ^ "Casey at the Bat by Ernest Thayer". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
- ^ Gardner, Martim (October 1967). "Casey at the Bat". American Heritage. 18 (6). Retrieved October 20, 2012.