Catching a Baseball: See photo entry below

I know you have been waiting in great anticipation for this moment. Get ready for Americas favorite pastime. Americans sitting around eating doughnuts? No! Baseball, or at least being a fan (i.e. watching TV). Baseball is one of those sports were the player does not have to be in good shape. He just needs to be powerful enough (big enough), and have good hand-to-eye (video gaming) skills. So basically what I am saying is a friend of a friend of mine who plays video games all the time and swings a bat a lot could potentially become a famous baseball player. But, there is one area a friend of a friend of mine would fail at on baseball because he does not take steroids. Baseball players must take steroids to make up for all the working out they don’t do!

What makes this picture funny? Well, usually the circled section of a picture is a good place to start! The man throwing his hands up, sticking his tongue out, closing his eyes, and looking ridiculously similar to a monkey is humorous. This man has put on his “defensive pose” just because a New York Yankee’s baseball player is trying to catch a ball that he probably won’t catch. Everyone who is not in the immediate vicinity of the ball or baseball player observes the proceedings nonchalantly. People who are not involved in a frightening experience see no reason not to make fun of those who are. How can people be so insensitive? Perhaps it is because our culture is so accustomed to making fun of those who scared, as shown in television and magazines. The second reason why this picture might be seen as humorous is the centralized position of No. 20’s buttocks. Any person would be in such an awkward position if they were trying to catch a ball by leaning over a railing. Americans have a fascination with “potty humor,” or anything that is deemed rude to talk about in polite society. What is more abnormal and undignified then to see a picture of a man’s buttocks?