I Hope You've Changed

Authors Note: This is a letter to Casey from the narrative poem, "Casey at the Bat"
by Earnest Thayer, from one of his ex-biggest fans.

It’s your biggest fan...wait no; your ex-biggest fan. You were my inspiration, I thought you were beyond amazing; you inspired me to follow my dreams just like you did. My name is Bethany and I am writing to you to tell you that you have to big of a head. Last week was pathetic; the way you thought you could beat the other team, that you were too good to try. Remember when the pitcher pitched to you and you backed away like a cat backing away from water, you said ”That ain’t my style” and you struck out, I wonder if you’ve changed since that?

First of all, during that game the score was four to two and you and your team had one more inning to play. Unfortunately you got way to ahead of yourself and when the pitcher pitched to you, you simply said “that ain’t my style” and let it pass you like you needed something better. With no doubt, you let the second pitch pass once again and you only had one more chance till you strike out. You only had one more chance and if you messed it up you would officially lose. But it was too late, Casey…you struck out.
After all, it turned out that trying to “impress” anyone won’t help make you better or to win victory. You disappointed all your fans, including me. We were so close, we should have won but no, you had your head in the clouds. It’s amazing to think that someone like you would go out and act like you own the world. Maybe if you had swung at the other ball or actually hit one your fans won’t be so angry, we would actually be proud of you that you tried your hardest.

I hope you’ve changed, I hope you learned your lesson. Since you acted like a king you got what you needed, your team is done for the season. You earned that consequence, it wouldn’t be fair if you would have won so say goodbye to the World Series. I wonder what your team thinks, are they mad at you? I know I am. Thank you for disappointing me, I hope you’ve changed.