I guess most will remember comedian George Carlin for the seven words you can’t say on television.
I’ll always remember him for his baseball-football routine.
Baseball players, he said, make errors.
Football players pay a penalty.
Baseball games are played on a diamond or in a park.
Football games are played on a gridiron, sometimes called War Memorial Stadium or Soldier Field.
Baseball has the seventh-inning stretch.
Football has the two-minute warning.
Football is concerned with downs. What down is it?
Baseball is concerned with ups. Who’s up?
In football you wear a helmet.
In baseball, you wear a cap.
In football, the field general marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing an aerial assault with a sustained ground attack.
In baseball, the object of the game is to go home and be safe.
Thanks for the laughs, Mr. Carlin.
