The Mudville Nine take the field in Ernest Lawrence Thayer’s poem, “Casey at the Bat” The significance of this poem shows the beauty of baseball: the American tradition, die hard fans, a closer look at what happens on the field, and the unexpected turn of events when the hero, Casey, strikes out and the Mudville Nine lose. Yet, it also exposes a dark side of the game. Win or lose, the game can be a bitter disappointment when the players, fans, and the overall atmosphere gives off a negative vibe.
In any sport, if you love your team, you stick with them until the sweet victory or bitter end. It is an unwritten rule in sports to live and die with your favorite team. This is not the case for some Mudville fans, “A straggling few got up to go in deep despair.” (Line 5)This is common for all teams and many
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Bad calls will happen, errors are going to occur, and one team has to lose. That is just life in general, people are thrown curveballs, but the best thing to do is come back better than before. In fact, it is interesting to have a bad call here and their. Is it the best thing? Absolutely not, but how fun is playing and watching something if you can win all the time or have control of what the umpire calls. That is the reason baseball is such a beautiful sport. because it is not one person that has control of the game. It takes eighteen players to play, one to four umpires to officiate the game, and thousands of fans to cheer on their favorite team. Father’s skip work to bring their child, who play hooky from school, to step into a cathedral of a stadium, to smell hot dogs on the grill, and see players in the clean/professional uniforms. The most loyal fans are the ones who respect the game. They do not want to see a grown man stand up and threaten an umpire in front of a bunch of people for one call. The loyal fans leave that in the backyard where you can argue in good faith, but not in a place that holds so much