He Needed the Ball Back

York, PA has a new minor league baseball team called the Revolution. On June 22nd, my brother got to sing the national anthem before the game. I took my 12-year-old son, Mark, to the game to support my bro and to check out the new ballpark. Late in the game, one of the relief pitchers was warming up the right fielder in between innings. When he was done, he tossed the baseball up to Mark. Mark was thrilled.

A little later, Mark had to go to the restroom but told all of us to leave his baseball alone while he was gone. Being a good father, I swiped the baseball from his glove. As luck would have it, the pitcher that tossed Mark the ball entered the game while Mark was in the restroom. When Mark came back to his seat, I said “Mark, check out who the new pitcher is.” When he saw it was his relief pitcher, he was all excited. Then I told him as he reached for his glove “But there is some bad news.” He saw his glove was empty. I told him “The pitcher needed the ball back.” The stunned look on his face was priceless. After a couple of seconds, I tossed him his ball. He had to admit it was a funny joke.