The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

(MILT FAMEY)

A BASEBALL PITCHER, SECOND STRING, NAMED MILT FAMEY, SAT ON
THE BENCH EVERY GAME WHILE THE STAR PITCHER BROUGHT THE
TEAM TO THE PENANT WINNING GAME. BEFORE THE PENANT GAME,
THE STAR PITCHER PITCHED EVERY GAME, THE FANS HAD A
GREAT TIME, AND MILT FAMEY SAT, BORED. HE WONDERED WHAT
MADE ALL THE FANS SO HAPPY AND SAW BEER IN EVERYONE'S
HANDS. FROM THAT TIME ON, MILT BROUGHT A CASE OF BEER
TO EVERY GAME, AND WHILE HE DRANK, HE WATCHED THE GAME,
AND THREW THE EMPTY BOTTLED OUT NEAR THIRD BASE.
BY THE NINTH INNING OF THE PENANT DECIDING GAME, MILT
WAS PRETTY DRUNK. AT THE BEGINNING OF THAT NINTH
INNING, THE STAR PITCHER GOT HIT BY THE PITCH {BALL}
AND COULDN'T PITCH. SO MILT CAME IN WITH A ONE TO
NOTHING LEAD AND ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS THROW THREE OUTS.
MILT THREW ONE BALL. THEN HE THREW ANOTHER BALL...
AND ANOTHER. FINALLY, BASES WERE LOADED. {AND
SO WAS MILT}. MILT THEN WALKED IN THE WINNING RUN.
AS THE PLAYER ON THIRD RAN TOWARDS HOME PLATE, HE
POINTED TO THE EMPTY BEER BOTTLES AND SAID: "THAT'S THE
BEER THAT MADE MILT FAMEY WALK US."

Submitter comment: INFORMANT THOUGHT JOKE WAS FUNNY.

Data entry tech comment: COMMERCIAL: THE BEER THAT MADE MILWAUKEE FAMOUS--

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Date learned: 11-03-1971