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"Casey at the Bat", subtitle "A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888", is a baseball poem written in 1888 by Ernest Thayer. First published in the San Francisco Examiner on June 3, 1888, it was later popularized by DeWolf Hopper in many vaudeville performances.

Trivia about mudville

  • When disappointed, we sometimes say "There's no joy in" this town--just like when Casey struck out
  • It's the home town of Casey's baseball team in the poem "Casey At The Bat"
  • From "Casey at the Bat", when there's a letdown or disappointment "There is no joy in" this place
  • Ernest L. Thayer:"The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Jeopardy! nine that day"

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