Matt Christopher's Baseball Jokes and Riddles by Matt Christopher, Daniel Vasconcellos Page B

hadn’t been, he would have been hit by a fish that a seagull dropped on the mound! (Could it be the seagull was a Red Sox
     fan?)

Heads up
    In a game at Cleveland Stadium on May 26, 1993, Jose Canseco, then a Texas Ranger, went up against the outfield fence to snag
     a long ball hit by Carlos Martinez. Jose missed the ball with his glove—but the ball didn’t miss him. It bounced off his head
     and popped over the fence for a home run!

    Manager:
Why are you holding your ribs?
    Base Runner:
I was caught in a squeeze play!

    Trainer:
You look a little dragged out.
    Base Runner:
I was just run down between second and third.

Mail Call
    By the end of the 1973 season, Hank Aaron was just one home run short of tying Babe Ruth’s 714 home run record. But he
had
broken another record already: He had received 930,000 pieces of mail, more mail than any other American except the president
     of the United States!

Sign Language
    Future Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Gibson of the Cardinals broke his leg during the pennant race of 1967. He grew tired of answering
     the same questions over and over, so he taped a sheet of paper to his shirtfront with this message:
Yes, it’s off.
No, it doesn’t hurt.
I don’t know how much longer.
Double Play
    In 1934, Moe Berg was invited to Japan as a third-string catcher of the American League All-Star team. While the game was
     going on, Moe did a strange thing. He dressed in a black kimono and climbed to the roof of a nearby hospital to take pictures
     of Tokyo. Moe was simply taking time out for his other, part-time job—as a spy for the United States government!

A Close Call
    When Al Lopez managed the Chicago White Sox, he had the club purchase a World War II submarine periscope from war surplus.
     It was installed in the Comiskey Park scoreboard in dead center field so a “spy” could steal the catcher’s signs of the visiting
     team. The “spy” phoned the information to Lopez in the dugout!

    Keep your eye on the ball!

    Cover second!

    A first baseman holds a runner at first.

    Caught stealing!

    Nice catch!

MATT CHRISTOPHER
    Baseball Jokes and Riddles
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    Get ready to hold your sides and roll your eyes—America’s best-loved sports writer for children has let his sense of humor
     loose! This collection of wacky jokes, riddles, puns, and anecdotes about our favorite pastime is sure to liven up the diamond
     and the locker room. Just try to keep from groaning and giggling!