The Sunday Funnies

Ping Bodie, the subject of the one-liner cited in last week's post, was once asked what it was like being Babe Ruth's roommate on the road.

He replied: "I don't room with Ruth. I room with his suitcase."

The Sunday Funnies

This line, composed by Arthur "Bugs" Baer, was famous enough to get the humorist a three-year contract from newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst.

When Yankees outfielder Ping Bodie was thrown out trying to steal second, Baer wrote:

"He had larceny in his heart, but his feet were honest."