#9035, aired 2024-02-09 | POETRY $200: Many have wondered why Mudville's opponent didn't walk this mighty slugger "at the bat" when first base was open Casey |
#8364, aired 2021-03-25 | BORN DURING THE CIVIL WAR $800: Ernest Lawrence Thayer, who was born in 1863, would hit a home run with this poem published in 1888 "Casey at the Bat" |
#8137, aired 2020-01-14 | POEMS' SECOND LINES $400: In line 2 of this poem, "The score stood four to two with but one inning more to play" "Casey at the Bat" |
#7492, aired 2017-03-21 | POETS & POETRY $800: Ernest Lawrence Thayer got $5 for this baseball poem published in 1888 "Casey at the Bat" |
#7116, aired 2015-07-20 | SPORTS & SONG $200: Crowds singing this song at Dodger or Yankee Stadium omit the 1st verse, starting "Katie Casey was baseball mad" "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" |
#6916, aired 2014-10-13 | POEMS $400: In 1906 Grantland Rice wrote "Casey's Revenge", a reply to this baseball classic "Casey at the Bat" |
#6850, aired 2014-05-30 | POETIC LINES $2,400 (Daily Double): "10,000 eyes were on him as he rubbed his hands with dirt; 5,000 tongues applauded when he wiped them on his shirt" "Casey at the Bat" |
#6466, aired 2012-10-29 | CASEY AT THE BAT $200: As Casey came up to the plate, "there was Jimmy safe at second and Flynn a-hugging" this base third |
#6466, aired 2012-10-29 | CASEY AT THE BAT $400: "Responding to the cheers, he lightly doffed" this his hat |
#6466, aired 2012-10-29 | CASEY AT THE BAT $600: After Casey stared at a called strike one, someone in the stands shouted, "Kill" this person the umpire |
#6466, aired 2012-10-29 | CASEY AT THE BAT $800: These 5 concluding words follow "there is no joy in Mudville..." "Mighty Casey has struck out." |
#6466, aired 2012-10-29 | CASEY AT THE BAT $1000: "Casey at the Bat" was first published on June 3, 1888 in this San Francisco newspaper owned by W.R. Hearst The Examiner |
#6374, aired 2012-05-10 | COMPLETES THE POETIC LINE $400: "Responding to the cheers, he lightly doffed his hat, no stranger in the crowd could doubt 'twas ____ at the bat" "Casey |
#6293, aired 2012-01-18 | BARTLETT'S PAIRS $400: Ernest L. Thayer is represented by a pair of quotations, both from this baseball poem "Casey at the Bat" |
#6235, aired 2011-10-28 | CASEY AT THE BAT $200: Future Major Leaguer Casey Kotchman hit .456 to help lead Seminole High in this state to the 2001 national title Florida |
#6235, aired 2011-10-28 | CASEY AT THE BAT $400: He made the Hall of Fame as a Yankees manager, but he also batted .284 in 14 big-league seasons Casey Stengel |
#6235, aired 2011-10-28 | CASEY AT THE BAT $600: From 1999 to 2005, Sean Casey batted .300 or better 5 times in 7 seasons for this Ohio team the (Cincinnati) Reds |
#6235, aired 2011-10-28 | CASEY AT THE BAT $800: Casey Candaele played 9 seasons in the majors; his mom Helen played ball too, & helped inspire this 1992 film A League of Their Own |
#6235, aired 2011-10-28 | CASEY AT THE BAT $1000: Joe Casey batted .152 for the 1911 Detroit Tigers; this Georgia-born teammate batted .420 Ty Cobb |
#5623, aired 2009-02-04 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $1,000 (Daily Double): From "Casey at the Bat", when there's a letdown or disappointment "There is no joy in" this place Mudville |
#5595, aired 2008-12-26 | 1890s CINEMA $2000: "Casey At The Bat" ends with Casey & his teammates piling onto & pummeling this person at the plate the umpire |
#4688, aired 2005-01-12 | TO THE NINES $600: This popular poem begins, "It looked extremely rocky for the Mudville Nine that day" "Casey at the Bat" |
#4436, aired 2003-12-15 | THE LAST WORD $1200: Of "Casey at the Bat" out |
#4213, aired 2002-12-18 | MUD $3,000 (Daily Double): This poem set in Mudville was first published in the San Francisco Examiner, in 1888 "Casey at the Bat" |
#3915, aired 2001-09-14 | WHAT'S MY LINE? $400: Ernest Lawrence Thayer:
"But there is no joy in Mudville..." Mighty Casey has struck out |
#3641, aired 2000-06-05 | TO THE NINES $800: Famous 1888 poem about the Mudville nine "Casey at the Bat" |
#3553, aired 2000-02-02 | POETRY $200: "And when, responding to the cheers, he lightly doffed his hat, no stranger in the crowd could doubt 'twas" he Casey (at the bat) |
#3544, aired 2000-01-20 | AUTOBIOGRAPHERS $300: 1962:
"Casey at the Bat" Casey Stengel |
#3302, aired 1999-01-05 | TURN OF THE CENTURY FILMS $400: This 1888 baseball poem got its first of many big screen treatments in 1899 Casey At The Bat |
#3187, aired 1998-06-09 | VERSE $100: 3-letter word that ends Ernest Thayer's poem "Casey at the Bat" Out |
#3005, aired 1997-09-26 | FUN FACTS $400: It's the home town of Casey's baseball team in the poem "Casey At The Bat" Mudville |
#2948, aired 1997-05-28 | POETS & POETRY $100: It begins, "It looked extremely rocky for the Mudville Nine that day" "Casey at the Bat" |
#2764, aired 1996-09-12 | BASEBALL $300: Martin Gardner's "Annotated" book about this Ernest Lawrence Thayer poem contains 28 variations Casey at the Bat |
#2637, aired 1996-02-06 | POETRY $200: In may 1888 DeWolf Hopper gave the first public reading of this Ernest Thayer baseball poem Casey at the Bat |
#2605, aired 1995-12-22 | POETRY $200: The poem about this man "at the Bat" was made into a 1953 opera Casey |
#2163, aired 1994-01-19 | CASEY AT THE BAT $100: "There is no joy in" this city Mudville |
#2163, aired 1994-01-19 | CASEY AT THE BAT $200: Number of outs when Casey came to bat 2 |
#2163, aired 1994-01-19 | CASEY AT THE BAT $300: This Yankee manager titled his autobiography "Casey at the Bat" Casey Stengel |
#2163, aired 1994-01-19 | CASEY AT THE BAT $400: Ernest Lawrence Thayer published the poem in this California city's Examiner in 1888 San Francisco |
#2163, aired 1994-01-19 | CASEY AT THE BAT $500: When Casey came to bat, there were men on these bases second & third |
#1994, aired 1993-04-15 | POETRY $400: They're the final 5 words of "Casey at the Bat" Mighty Casey has struck out |
#1834, aired 1992-07-16 | POETS & POETRY $200: The only well-known poem by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, it describes a baseball defeat "Casey at the Bat" |
#1722, aired 1992-02-11 | ODDS & ENDS $200: It begins, "It looked extremely rocky for the Mudville nine that day" "Casey at the Bat" |
#1630, aired 1991-10-04 | POETS & POETRY $400: In this poem, there are two out, two on base, and the score is: Opponents, 4
Mudville, 2 "Casey at the Bat" |
#1066, aired 1989-04-03 | LITERATURE $400: In 1988 special baseball cards were printed to advertise the centennial edition of this poem "Casey at the Bat" |
#1017, aired 1989-01-24 | FIRST LINES $400: "It looked extremely rocky for the Mudville nine that day;" Casey at the Bat |
#861, aired 1988-05-09 | AMERICAN POETRY $100: "Casey's Revenge" & "Casey--20 Years Later" are sequels to this poem Casey at the Bat |
#664, aired 1987-06-25 | FIRST LINES $400: It looked extremely rocky for the Mudville 9 that day..." "Casey at the Bat" |
#432, aired 1986-05-06 | POETRY $400: Hedda's actor husband DeWolf Hopper was famous for popularizing this sports poem "Casey at the Bat" |
#411, aired 1986-04-07 | AUTOBIOGRAPHIES $600: "Casey at the Bat" Casey Stengel |