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===Sequels=== *"Casey's Revenge", by [[Grantland Rice]] (1907), gives Casey another chance against the pitcher who had struck him out in the original story. It was written in 1906, and its first known publication was in the quarterly magazine ''The Speaker'' in June 1907, under the pseudonym of James Wilson.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gardner|first=Martin|title=The Annotated Casey at the Bat: A Collection of Ballads About the Mighty Casey|url=https://archive.org/details/annotatedcaseyat00gard_948|url-access=limited|year=1995|publisher=Dover Publications|isbn=0-486-28598-7|page=[https://archive.org/details/annotatedcaseyat00gard_948/page/n53 38]}}</ref> In this version, Rice cites the nickname "Strike-Out Casey", hence the influence on [[Casey Stengel]]'s name. Casey's team is down ''three'' runs by the last of the ninth, and once again Casey is down to two strikes—with the bases full this time. However, he connects, and hits the ball so far that it is never found. *"Casey - Twenty Years Later", by Clarence P. McDonald (1908), imagines a different redemption for Casey, long after his retirement. The poem, which was indeed published twenty years after the original, in the San Francisco Examiner, sees Casey attending a championship game between the fictional team of "Bugville" and an unspecified opponent.<ref>{{cite web|last=McDonald|first=Clarence|title=CASEY - TWENTY YEARS LATER BY CLARENCE P. MCDONALD|url=https://www.baseball-almanac.com/poetry/po_case1.shtml|page=[https://www.baseball-almanac.com/]}}</ref> In a losing effort, Bugville's players are benched and injured throughout the game, until the captain is forced to call for a volunteer from the attendees. An aged Casey answers the call and fills the role surprisingly well, culminating with him hitting the game-winning home run, in his first swing at bat. He then reveals his identity to the joyous fans and players. *In response to the popularity of the 1946 Walt Disney animated adaptation, Disney made a sequel, ''Casey Bats Again'' (1954), in which Casey's nine daughters redeem his reputation. *In 1988, on the 100th anniversary of the poem, ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' writer [[Frank Deford]] constructed a fanciful story (later expanded to book form) for what happened before and after the famous ball game.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Deford |first=Frank |date=July 18, 1988 |title=Huge Commotion in Mudville |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |location= |publisher=[[Time, Inc.]] |volume=69 |issue=3 |pages=55–75 |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1988/07/18/702597#&gid=ci0258c0af500d26ef&pid=702597---057---image |access-date=June 11, 2022}}</ref>
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