"You Must Know !ll the Players"

[Edgy MD]

"Look Abbott, if you're the coach, you must know all the players."

"I certainly do."

"So, I get the ball, and I throw it where?"

"Yonder."

"I can't just throw it anywhere! I've got to throw it to somebody! Who?!"

"Yonder."

"Just... yonder."

"Yeah."

"That's all I gotta do? Throw it to yonder?"

"Naturally."

"Naturally!"

"Of course."

"Well, I won't be helping much. Forget about me. I'm out of the game. I'm in the stands. The ball is hit to my shortstop and he fields it..."

"Everth."

"Yeah, it'll take a lot of effort! But he's a pro! So he doesn't have a lot of time to go to second..."

"Gyorko."

"WAIT A MINUTE!! Why are you insulting the guy? You just said that he made a heck of an effort!"

"Well he should make a good effort! That's who he is!"

"Who?"

"The shortstop."

"You just said he was a jerko!"

"That's the secondbaseman."

"He's not even in on the play and you're running him down!"

"I did not!"

"You did! What kind of manager are you?"

"I'm a good manager!"

"You are?"

"Yes."

"You know all the players' names?"

"I do."

"And if I catch the ball, and see the runner going to first, I'm going to throw it..."

"Yonder."

"Yonder?"

Of course

"If I overthrow it, will somebody back up the play and throw it hither?"

"Now you're being silly."

"I'm being silly. You're the manager who doesn't care where one guy throws the ball, and insults another guy who ain't even in the play!"

"I'm a very good manager."

"Yeah, who are you facing today."

"Gee."

"Yeah, I stumped you, didn't I?"