For the baseball lovers

[5of7]

Years ago, when the World series was played in early October, the great Casey Stengel used to take a couple weeks off after the season and go to Traverse City Michigan for a little squirrel hunting.

Now one day, while sitting on a bench, enjoying the fall sunshine, he noticed a young man walking buy with 5 squirrels in his hand, but with no gun of any kind. So Casy called the kid over to his bench and inquired how he had killed 5 squirrels without a gun.

Well the kid says, "I don't use a gun for squirrel hunting, I just kill them with a rock."

Well, predictable, this piqued Casey's interest, so he inquired as to when the lad was going hunting again and could he come along when he did?

"Sure" the kid said "meet me at the edge of the woods tomorrow morning at 8:00AM" to which Casey quickly agreed.

The next morning found them in the woods, whereupon the kid proceeded to kill 5 more squirrels, each with a rock, thrown with his left hand.

Casey was understandable impressed and he said "son, I am Casey Stengel and I'm a pretty big man in Baseball, do you like baseball?"

The kid says "Oh Yes, Mr. Stengel, I really like baseball."

Then Casey said, "good, I would like for you to come with me to the big city, because I am going to make you the best left hand pitcher in the game."

The kid said "gee, that sounds great, but why are you going to make me a LEFT hand pitcher."

Casey said "I just saw you kill 5 squirrels in 5 throws with a rock thrown left handed. Are you not left handed?"

"No sir" said the kid, I am right handed"

Casey was dumbfounded. "If you are right handed, why did you use your left hand to kill these 5 squirrels?"

"Oh my," said the kid. "It mangles them up too much when I throws the rock with my RIGHT hand."

 

[JPGLSG]

Thanks I really enjoyed that.....

Regards
Jim

 

[wilburmay]

I knocked out a squirrel with a pear when I was a kid. Reached down to pick him up and I thought he was going to chew my finger off. I’m left handed.
Sign me up.

Wilbur

 

[elkeater]

Nice! Thank you.
February isn't far off.

 

[roarindan51]

heard THE GREAT Justin Wilson DO THAT 13-14 YRS AGO.

 

[KIR]

Rocky Colavito came into the dugout, from practicing catching fly balls in the outfield to get a drink of water. It was a hot day and sweat was pouring off of him. He took off his sweatshirt and tossed it on the bench, then went to the end of the dugout to get some water. The coach grabbed a bottle of alcohol and poured it on the sweatshirt. When Rocky came back for his sweatshirt, the coach told him he was drinking so much at night that he was sweating liquor. He then lit a match and threw it on the sweatshirt which burst into flames. Rocky was astonished and never had a drink again.