CLOSE BUT NO SCAR

A rookie pitcher was starting a spring training baseball game. He not only sported earrings, but also displayed a nose ring. The Afro was probably a given. Anyway, the first hitter broke his bat on an inside fastball and rolled out weakly to shortstop. The next man up walked on four inside pitches. The third hitter barely escaped a pitch toward his head before walking on inside stuff as well. The first pitch to the cleanup batter plunked him on the shoulder. Out came the pitching coach. The home-plate umpire joined the discussion. "What the heck is going on?!" demanded the coach.

The pitcher breezed, "We jus' bes jammin'."