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Mudville no joy here when Casey struck out. [Am. Sports Lit.: “Casey at the Bat” in Turlin, 642] See : Melancholy How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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There was no joy in Mudville, just shattered dreams, dashed hopes, and wishful thinking of what might have been. Triumph and Tragedy in Mudville is an assortment of essays Gould wrote over the years on baseball--Gould's passion that began when he was growing up in New York City in the 1940s and 1950s. Squarely setting the poem in 1888 when it originated, Bing establishes Casey's humiliation as noteworthy by creating a late edition of the Mudville Monitor to report the event. |
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