Stockton, California and Holliston, Massachusetts have been beefing over a poem for more than a century. The world needs more friendly rivalries over poetry. #CaseyAtTheBatwww.sfgate.com/sports/artic...

The California city with a coast-to-coast, decades-long beef over a poem

The famous baseball poem "Casey at the Bat" holds a special meaning in Stockton. But the California city isn't alone in its claim of inspiring Mudville.