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...blame Flyboy 28 for the title...

Anyhoo...

Little Billy gets a birthday preasent; predictably, baseball stuff. So later that day, Billy takes his stuff outside to play. He holds the bat in one hand and the baseball in the other and thinks to himself "Ican hit the ball!," tosses the ball in the air and takes a swing...

...he misses.

Billy is alittle disappointed, but picks the ball back up and tries again. This time he thinks to himself "I'm a good hitter!," and once again, tosses the ball and takes a swing...

...and misses again.

Not wanting to give up, Billy picks the ball back up and tries again, thinking "I'm the greatest hitter who ever lived!"

He missed again.

Then, daddy comes out to join Billy. They look at each other, Billy smiles, so daddy asks "What's up?"

...Billy replies "I'm the greatest pitcher who ever lived!"

Nice one! Thats like me when I first started learning how to switch hit  :P ... but I leaned  :D

There's a song about this story, where a kid keeps pitching to himself over and over, looking happier and happier every time he misses:

"Little boy
And a baseball bat
Stands in the field
With his ball and bat
Says "I am the greatest
player of them all"
Put his bat on his shoulder
And he tosses up the ball

And the ball goes up
and the ball comes down
swings his bat all the way around
the worlds so still
he can hear the sound
the baseball falls
to the ground

Now the little boy
doesn't say a word
picks up his ball
he is undeterred
says "I am the greatest
there has ever been"
and he grits his teeth
and he tries it again

and the ball goes up
and the ball comes down
swings his bat all the way around
the worlds so still
he can hear the sound
the baseball falss
to the ground

he makes no excuses
he shows no fear
he just closes his eyes
and listens to the cheers

little boy
he adjusts his hat
picks up his ball
stares at his bat
says "Iam the greatest
the game is on the line"
and he gives his all
one last time

and the ball goes up
when the moons so bright
swings his bat with all his might
and the worlds so still
as still can be
and the baseball falls
and thats strike three

Now its suppertime
and his mama calls
little boy starts home
withe his bat and ball
says "I am the greatest
that is a fact,
but even i didn't know
I could pitch like that"

Says "I am the greatest
that is understood,
but even i didn't know
I could pitch that good."

- Kenny Rogers

Still a great joke though.

Nice one! Thats like me when I first started learning how to switch hit  :P ... but I leaned  :D

Leaning helps with switch-hitting?

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[quote] Nice one! Thats like me when I first started learning how to switch hit

I would rather be hit by a fly in the head 50 times, than hit in the head by a .50 once..

I would rather be hit by a fly in the head 50 times, than hit in the head by a .50 once..

That may be -- but 50 .5 inch flies converging on your head would still have you swatting wild and running for cover.

I would rather be hit by a fly in the head 50 times, than hit in the head by a .50 once..

That may be -- but 50 .5 inch flies converging on your head would still have you swatting wild and running for cover.

8-)

Unless of course you had the .50... then it'd be easy. *boom* asta la vista, fly!  :)