Two best friends, Frankie and Bartie, played baseball together all through Little League, High School, and College. Frankie played first base, and Bartie was a talented pitcher. They remained friends for their whole life. When they were old, they promised that the first one to die would come back to earth and tell the other if there was baseball in heaven. As it turns out, Frankie was the first to go. About a month later he returned to visit his old friend.
After their greetings, Frankie said, "I have good news and bad news".
Bartie said, " What's the good news?" Frankie said, " The good news is that there IS baseball in heaven! And guess what? I'm the starting first basemen for my team!"
"And what's the bad news?" Bartie asked. The bad news is," replied Frankie, "You're starting on Thursday."