Softball Heaven

When it's clear that Joe is dying, Mike visits him every day.

One day Mike says, "Joe, we both loved football all our lives, and we played softball on Sundays together for so many years. Please do me one favor, when you get to Heaven, somehow you must let me know if there's softball there." Joe looks up at Mike from his death bed," Mike, you've been my best friend for many years. If it's at all possible, I'll do this favor for you. Shortly after that, Joe sadly passes on.

At midnight a couple of nights later, Mike is awakened from a sound sleep by a blinding flash of white light and a voice calling out to him.

“Mike… Mike!”

"Who is it?”

"it's me, Joe."

"Joe! Where are you?"

"In heaven", replies Joe. "I have some really good news and a little bad news."

"Tell me the good news first," says Mike.

"The good news," Joe says," is that there's softball in heaven. Better yet, all of our old friends who died before us are here, too. Better than that, we're all young again. Better still, it's always spring time and it never rains or snows. Our wives are there too, and young and pretty as ever! And best of all, we can play softball all we want, and we never get tired!!"

"That's fantastic," says Mike. "It's beyond my wildest dreams! So what's the bad news?”

"You're pitching this Sunday".