Willard Mullin's Casey at the Bat and Other Tales from the Diamond

You've seen "Casey" only a few bazillion times. But you'll rarely enjoy a return visit as delightful as this. Mullin originally produced it for single distribution, to a convention of the oversight body that once governed minor league baseball. Lucky us that someone saw fit to make it available to everyone now. The classic Mullin character sketching fits "Casey" like a fastball in the right place would have fit if he could have hit it into the next state instead of whiffing on it. As it is, Mullin's sketches simply amplify and deepen the dilemna and the hope of both the protagonist and his rooters.

Another Great Story. I first heard of this book by the story as told by "The Great One Jackie Gleason"A Man Of Many Talents. AAA+++ Seller All The Way. Thank You.

""Fraud" cried the maddened thousands". This book is a fraud. Nearly every stanza of the poem has been altered from the original. The original copy from the June 3.1888 San Francisco Examiner can be viewed on line as can many other reprints of the poem. The Mullin drawings and the book otherwise would have five stars if the poem itself was not butchered. These alterations are inexcusable.

Casey at the Bat is a timeless story. I'm glad I got to share it and the other stories in this book with my sports-nut little cousin. Do recommend.

printed pages sooooo small it can hardly be read

Interesting and enjoyable.