A baseball riddle is:
Q: WHat did the baseball glove say to the baseball?
A: “Catch you later!”
The riddle has been cited in print since at least 2002.
Google Books
Super Silly Riddles
By Charles Keller
New York, NY: Sterling Publishing COmpany, Inc.
2002
Pg. 8L
What did the baseball glove say to the baseball?
“Catch you later. “
Google Books
The Little Giant Book of Giggles
By Charles Keller
Illustrated by Jeff Sinclair, Dave Winter and Dave Garbot
New York, NY: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
2003
Pg. 77:
What did the baseball glove say to the baseball?
“Catch you later. “
Google Books
November 2007, Boys’ Life, “THink & Grin,” pg. 69, col. 1:
David: What did the baseball glove say to the baseball?
Will: What?
David: “Catch you later.”
David Prince, Clawson, Mich.
Twitter
Prongo kids games
@Prongo
Q: What did the baseball glove say to the baseball? A: “Catch you later!” #jokes #kids
10:55 PM - 30 Sep 2009
Google Books
Jokelopedia:
The Biggest, Best, Silliest, Dumbest Joke Book Ever!
Compiled by Eva Blank, Alison Benjamin, Rosanne Green, Ilana Weitzman and Lisa Sparks
New York, NY: Workman Publishing
2013
Pg. ?:
What did the baseball glove say to the baseball?
“Catch you later.”
Google Books
Sports Jokes!
By Michael Dahl
North Mankato, MN: Stone Arch Books
2014
Pg. 49:
What did the baseball glove say to the baseball?
“Catch you later.”
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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