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Al C.risafulliThis discussion always reminds me of a joke I heard once, because it's the only way we're going to find out.
Two best friends were huge baseball fans. They grew up together, and watched games together every year. They played together until they were too old to play, and they watched games together on TV every night. As they got older, they made a deal with each other: the one who died first would come back as a ghost, to tell the other one whether or not there was baseball in heaven.
Eventually, one died.
True to form, one night after he died, he came back to visit his friend while he was sleeping. He woke up his friend, and said "Hey, pal!"
His friend looked up and said "Wow! You're back! So? What's the deal?"
The ghost said "Well, I have good news and bad news."
His friend said "Good news first."
The ghost said "There is baseball in heaven, and it is FANTASTIC. I'm on the most unbelievable team. Babe Ruth plays DH, because Roberto Clemente is a better right fielder. Ty Cobb and Jackie Robinson hit first and second, and Cobb is definitely a better player. Satchell Paige struck out Hank Greenberg on three pitches last week, and Hal Chase plays first base over Jimmie Foxx. It's amazing, watching all these players compete against each other. It's summertime every day, the umpires get the calls right every time, there's no wind and no rain, the grass is perfectly manicured and the infield is the most gorgeous infield I've ever played on."
His friend said "Wow! That's fantastic! It sounds like the most amazing thing I could imagine! After hearing that, what could the bad news possibly be?"
The ghost said "You're pitching on Sunday."
-Al