Who is Casey?


There's a rumor that Casey is based off of an actual baseball player and people often ask who it is.

The poet who wrote Casey At The Bat, Ernest Lawrence Thayer, never actually confirmed if Casey was a depiction of anyone. 

The most popular theory is that Casey is based off of Michael Joseph "King" Kelly, one of the 40s' most famous baseball players. 

But again, it's not confirmed. 

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