"Base ball, which is the very symbol, the outward and visible expression of the drive, and push, and rush and struggle of the raging, tearing, booming nineteenth century!" --Mark Twain
Below are some of the more famous works about baseball or works by famous American writers about baseball.
Alibi Ike. Lardner, Ring.
You Know Me, Al . Lardner Ring
Casey At the Bat . Thayer, Ernest L. The original 1888 poem and several articles/poems about the poem and author from the vaults of The Sporting News.
Casey at the Bat (Road Game) by Garrison Keillor
Casey's Revenge -- Grantland Rice's Parody.
Baseball-American . H.L. Mencken
Baseball's Sad Lexicon -- Franklin Pierce Adams
Baseball and Writing -- Mariane Moore
The Crowd at the Ball Game --William Carlos Williams
Line-Up For Yesterday -- Ogden Nash
My Most Memorable Day -- Charlie Manuel (one for Dr. Orth)
The Ninth Inning -- Donald Hall