History YMMV / CaseyAtTheBat

* UnintentionallySympathetic: The poem reads like a classical tragedy where Casey's FatalFlaw is overconfidence, as shown when he refuses to hit the first two pitches and thus brings the strikeout on himself. This doesn't stop certain fans from feeling sorry for him in the end. Not for nothing did Disney come up with a sequel, ''WesternAnimation/CaseyBatsAgain'', wherein he redeems his reputation by running an all-female baseball team consisting of his own daughters.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Website/{{Wikipedia}}'s article on "Casey at the Bat" puts forth someone's claim that stanzas were removed that indicate that Casey [[ThrowingTheFight threw the game]], winking at his uncle before the critical pitch. His uncle had been taking bets.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}'s article on "Casey at the Bat" puts forth someone's claim that stanzas were removed that indicate that Casey [[ThrowingTheFight threw the game]], winking at his uncle before the critical pitch. His uncle had been taking bets.

--->"But Mudville hearts are happy now, for ''Casey hit the ball''."

* WhatAnIdiot: Casey decides to be slick and let the first two pitches fly rather than hit them, confident he can hit the last ball. The thing is, there's a reason why batters get three strikes instead of just one.

* ValuesDissonance: An irate fan shouts "Kill the umpire!" after Casey takes a called strike. While Casey makes his disapproval clear, the reaction back then wasn't as harsh as it is now—yelling that at a baseball game today will likely get you ejected from the stands. It could also be an unfortunate case of ValuesResonance, as many that have been to any kind of sports game can attest to people making overly blown violent comments if they can get away with it and not alert security. Sports fanaticism is far from dead, with social media being just able to make games SeriousBusiness as well as easily tracking who is sending death threats over said serious business.

* ValuesDissonance: An irate fan shouts "Kill the umpire!" after Casey takes a called strike. While Casey makes his disapproval clear, the reaction back then wasn't as harsh as it is now—yelling that at a baseball game today will likely get you ejected from the stands.

* AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame: Even people who have never read the poem know that "there is no joy in Mudville — mighty Casey has struck out." Since the poem is more than a century old and one of the most popular baseball stories of all time, the ending where Casey blows it has become more well-known than anything else about it.

* MisaimedFandom: There are a lot of fan works out there that rewrite the ending of the poem to have Casey hit the ball, never mind that the structure of the poem is like a classical tragedy where Casey's FatalFlaw is choosing not to hit the first two pitches out of pride, bringing his strikeout on himself.
** One fan work, "[[https://www.baseball-almanac.com/poetry/po_case2.shtml Casey's Revenge]]" by legendary sportswriter Grantland Rice, toys with this as it has a similar ending, but it's framed as a sequel rather than an alternate ending to the original. Casey's climactic strikeout marks the start of a prolonged batting slump for him, whereas the pitcher who struck him out goes on a tear and becomes the talk of the league. When said pitcher's team returns to Mudville--with the pitcher, not the home team, as the marquee attraction--he and Casey find themselves in a similar situation to their earlier duel (last out of the game, multiple runners on base, Casey as the winning run, two strikes against him) but this time Casey comes through with a tape-measure home run. So Casey does get his run in the end, but only after learning his lesson, which one could argue is entirely appropriate to the poem's theme.

** One fan work, "Casey's Revenge" by legendary sportswriter Grantland Rice, toys with this as it has a similar ending, but it's framed as a sequel rather than an alternate ending to the original. Casey's climactic strikeout marks the start of a prolonged batting slump for him, whereas the pitcher who struck him out goes on a tear and becomes the talk of the league. When said pitcher's team returns to Mudville--with the pitcher, not the home team, as the marquee attraction--he and Casey find themselves in a similar situation to their earlier duel (last out of the game, multiple runners on base, Casey as the winning run, two strikes against him) but this time Casey comes through with a tape-measure home run. So Casey does get his run in the end, but only after learning his lesson, which one could argue is entirely appropriate to the poem's theme.

--->"But no one ever found the ball that mighty Casey hit."

** One fan work, "Casey's Revenge" by legendary sportswriter Grantland Rice, toys with this as it has a similar ending, but it's framed as a sequel rather than an alternate ending to the original. Casey's climactic strikeout marks the start of a prolonged batting slump for him, whereas the pitcher who struck him out goes on a tear and becomes the talk of the league. When said pitcher's team returns to Mudville--with the pitcher, not the home team, as the marquee attraction--he and Casey find themselves in a similar situation to their earlier duel (last out of the game, multiple runners on base, Casey as the winning run, two strikes against him) but this time Casey comes through with a tape-measure home run. So Casey does get his run in the end, but only after learning his lesson.

* MisaimedFandom: There are a lot of fan works out there that rewrite the ending of the poem to have Casey hit the ball, never mind that the structure of the poem is like a classical tragedy where Casey's FatalFlaw is choosing not to hit the first two pitches out of pride, bringing his strikeout on himself. One such fan work, "Casey's Revenge" by legendary sportswriter Grantland Rice, acts as a sequel to the original. Casey's climactic strikeout marks the start of a prolonged batting slump for him, whereas the pitcher who struck him out goes on a tear and becomes the talk of the league. When said pitcher's team returns to Mudville--with the pitcher, not the home team, as the marquee attraction--he and Casey find themselves in a similar situation to their earlier duel (last out of the game, multiple runners on base, Casey as the winning run, two strikes against him) but this time Casey comes through with a tape-measure home run.
-->"But no one ever found the ball that mighty Casey hit."

* AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame: Even people who have read the poem know that "there is no joy in Mudville — mighty Casey has struck out." Since the poem is more than a century old and one of the most popular baseball stories of all time, the ending where Casey blows it has become more well-known than anything else about it.

* AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame: "But there is no joy in Mudville — mighty Casey has struck out."

* ItWasHisSled: The final line has become so associated with the poem that reading what happens before it is almost unnecessary.

* ValuesDissonance: An irate fan shouts "Kill the umpire!" after Casey takes a called strike. While Casey makes his disapproval clear, the reaction back then wasn't as harsh as it is now- yelling that at a baseball game today will likely get you ejected from the stands.

* ValuesDissonance: An irate fan shouts "Kill the umpire!" after Casey takes a called strike. Yelling that at a baseball game today will likely get you ejected from the stands.

* AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame: "But there is no joy in Mudville, Mighty Casey has struck out."

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}'s article on "Casey at the Bat" puts forth someone's claim that stanzas were removed that indicate that Casey threw the game, winking at his uncle before the critical pitch. His uncle had been taking bets.

* WhatAnIdiot: Casey decides to be slick and let the first two pitches fly rather than hit them, confident he can hit the last ball. The thing is, there's a reason why batters get three strikes instead of just one.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: TheOtherWiki's article on "Casey at the Bat" puts forth someone's claim that stanzas were removed that indicate that Casey threw the game, winking at his uncle before the critical pitch. His uncle had been taking bets.

* MisaimedFandom: There are a lot of fan works out there that rewrite the ending of the poem to have Casey hit the ball, never mind that the structure of the poem is like a classical tragedy where Casey's FatalFlaw is choosing not to hit the first two pitches out of pride, bringing his strikeout on himself.
** One such fan work, "Casey's Revenge" by legendary sportswriter Grantland Rice, acts as a sequel to the original. Casey's climactic strikeout marks the start of a prolonged batting slump for him, whereas the pitcher who struck him out goes on a tear and becomes the talk of the league. When said pitcher's team returns to Mudville--with the pitcher, not the home team, as the marquee attraction--he and Casey find themselves in a similar situation to their earlier duel (last out of the game, multiple runners on base, Casey as the winning run, two strikes against him) but this time Casey comes through with a tape-measure home run.
--->"But no one ever found the ball that mighty Casey hit."

** One such fan work acted as a ''sequel'' to the original, where Casey's striking out was the start of a major slump that lasted over a year, and it takes a similar situation (at home, against the same opposing pitcher, last out of the game, multiple runners on base, himself as the winning run, two strikes against him) for Casey to redeem himself and get back his confidence.
* WhatAnIdiot: [[spoiler: Casey decides to be slick and let the first two pitches fly rather than hit them, confident he can hit the last ball. Yeah, you should've taken those first pitches, Casey.]]

* WhatAnIdiot: [[spoiler: Casey decides to be slick and let the first two pitches fly rather then hit then, confident he can hit the last ball. Yeah should've took those first pitches Casey.]]