Mild Baseball Humor

Last week, on MLB.com Midday, a daily baseball show, Casey Stern talked with Paul Mercurio, a comedian and writer on The Daily Show.

The subject of Roger "The Rocket" Clemens and his 28-million-dollar ($9,000-a-pitch) contract came up and I got a laugh out of Mercurio's jibes...

First of all, the contract is 28 million, 22 dollars. The 22 dollars, and this is a fact, is for his number. And the 28 million dollars is the cost of building an actual rocket...

You know, there are a lot of little perks in his contract. He has to get taken to and from the mound during the game by helicopter...

And when he throws the ball, the catcher cannot throw the ball back to him. The ball is put on a silver platter and a butler brings the ball back to him...

Ah, baseball humor. It's so rare, you have to grab it wherever you can get it, even when it's on the mild side.