IT WAS ON AUGUST 14, 1888, WHEN THE ACTOR AND BASEBALL FAN DEWOLF HOPPER GAVE THE FIRST PUBLIC READING OF ERNEST THAYER'S GREAT AMERICAN BALLAD "CASEY AT THEBAT" AT NEW YORK'S WALLACK THEATER. IN THE AMAZING AND COLORFUL NEW BOOK, "THE NIGHT CASEY WAS BORN," AUTHOR AND HISTORIAN JOHN EVANGELIST WALSH OFFERS THE TRUE STORY OF THAT NIGHT AND THE HISTORY BEHIND THE LEGENDARY POEM.
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