Audiobook Excerpt for Podcast - excerpt, Casey at the Bat
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EnglishVoice Age
Middle Aged (35-54)Accents
North American (General)Transcript
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It looked extremely rocky for the Mudville nine that day The score was 2-4 with but one inning left to play. So when Cooney died at 2nd and Burroughs did the same. A pallor wreathed the features of the patrons of the game. A straggling few got up to go, leaving there the rest with that hope that springs eternal from within the human breast, for they thought, if only Casey could get a whack at that, they put up even money now with Casey at the bat, but Flynn preceded Casey, and likewise so did blake, and the former was a pudding, and the latter was a flake. So on that stricken multitude a death like silence sat, for there seemed but little chance of Casey's getting to the bat. Oh! Somewhere in this favored land, the sun is shining bright, the band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light, and somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere Children shout. But there is no joy in mudville. Mighty Casey has struck out