Casey at the Bat
/ˌkeɪsi ət ðə ˈbæt/
/ˌkeɪsi ət ðə ˈbæt/
- a popular US poem (1888) by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, about a great baseball player who fails. Casey has a chance to win the game but he strikes out (= fails to hit the ball three times and is dismissed). The poem ends: “And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout;But there is no joy in Mudville – Mighty Casey has struck out.”
欧内斯特·劳伦斯·塞耶 (Ernest Lawrence Thayer) 创作的一首美国流行诗（1888 年），讲述了一位失败的伟大棒球运动员的故事。凯西有机会赢得比赛，但他三振出局（= 三次未能击球并被罚下场）。这首诗的结尾是：“在某个地方，人们在笑，在某个地方，孩子们在喊叫；但穆德维尔没有欢乐——强大的凯西已经出局了。”