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Events on Sunday 3 June 1888 1
1888'Casey at the Bat' is publishedBaseball poem by Ernest Thayer appears in the San Francisco ExaminerErnest Lawrence Thayer's comic poem 'Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888' was published in the San Francisco Examiner on 3 June 1888. The poem, about a star batter who strikes out at a crucial moment, became one of the most famous pieces of American light verse and a staple of baseball folklore. It was popularized nationally through recitations by actor De Wolf Hopper.