A baseball pun from Paul to celebrate the end of baseball season.
Milt Famy was the greatest pitcher and some believed the greatest baseball player, period, who ever lived. He single-handedly pitched his team to the World Series, and they easily won the three games he was able to pitch in the Series. However, the other team won three games while Milt was resting. Now, in the 7th game of the World Series, Milt was again pitching.
The game was a 0-0 pitcher’s battle as Milt Famy walked out to the mound for the bottom of the 9th inning. Milt took the sign from the catcher, wound up and pitched. A ball. He quickly pitched three more balls and walked the first batter. A stir went through the crowd. Milt Famy rarely walked anyone, let alone on four pitches. The next batter came up, and Milt walked him on four pitches, too. Then two more batters. The game and the Series were lost! As the runner on third base crossed home plate with the winning run, he glanced out at the pitcher’s mound and saw a can of beer fall out the back pocket of Milt Famy’s uniform.
It was all too obvious what had happened. Milt Famy had been drinking between innings! The runner pointed to the beer and shouted out,
“That’s the beer that made Milt Famy walk us!”
I liked “Casey at the Bat” better.
It had the happy ending I really enjoy:
“Mighty Casey has struck out.”
And he didn’t need to drink beer to accomplish that feat!
First heard that joke while I was in college, ’bout 1972 or so. And no doubt it was old even then.
I seem to remember it from about 1960. A GI told it on the Special Services Ski Bus on the way back from a trip to Monte Bondoni Italy. He had to tell me the punch line twice because I was too young to get the Schlitz tag line.
I think that hurt worse because I saw it coming!!
I say old chap – it’s just not cricket, you know!
Rang no bells for this Kiwi-had to check it out on Google.
Way back when there was a beer whose advertisement was, “The beer that made Milwaukee famous.”
Hey, Denny, don’t forget that old Okie music classic, “What Made Milwaukee Famous Made a Loser Out of Me.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHFR-du0YHQ
That pun reminds me of Stephan Pastis’ work….