Two other characters in this work are described as "a lulu" and "a cake" before they surprised "the patrons of the game" by hitting a single and a double, respectively.  
One group in this work "[cling] to that hope which springs eternal in the human breast" after "a straggling few" leave a sporting event "in deep despair".  Earlier in this work, "a sickly silence" had fallen upon that group after Cooney and Barrows "died at first".  Two other characters in this work are described as "a lulu" and "a cake" before they surprised "the patrons of the game" by hitting a single and a double, respectively.  After those characters, Flynn and Jimmy Blake, reach base, "from 5000 throats and more there rose a lusty yell" as the title character leaves the dugout.  This work ends by observing, "The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light, and somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout", before claiming that the title character taking two strikes and swinging at the third has caused the joy to be gone in Mudville.  For 10 points—name this poem by Ernest Thayer.
One group in this work "[cling] to that hope which springs eternal in the human breast" after "a straggling few" leave a sporting event "in deep despair".  
“{Casey} at the {Bat}”