Casey at the Bat
Airdate:
Wednesday - April 24, 1963
WOR Show Original Airing
(Redated from: 1964)
Last Update: 01-28-2008
First Spoken Line After Theme Ends
No body knows the trouble I see. . .
Show Description
Shep opens up the show singing various courses from:
"Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen"
"Mommy's Little Baby Loves Shortening Bread"
"Old Man River"
...and more
Speaking of the Yankees and a game played against the Chicago White Sox earlier that day:
"There is a feeling in the air".
"I think this is going to be a desperate season"
He then reads the story of "Casey at the Bat" by By Ernest Lawrence Thayer.
Comments
• The Yankees went 70 - 89 in 1966 and finished in 10th place. Shep was right - it was a desperate season.
The Original poem "Casey at the Bat" appeared in the San Francisco Examiner on June 3, 1888 and can be read here:
http://www..csh.rit.edu/~kenny/poetry/casey.html
