A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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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Entry from July 26, 2016
“Why don’t orphans play baseball?”/“They don’t know where home is.”

A baseball riddle (a “home” plate pun) is:
 
Q: Why don’t orphans play baseball?
A: They don’t know where home is.

 
“Stupid question: Why don’t orphans play baseball?” was cited on Twitter on April 18, 2009. “Why dont orphans play baseball?  They have no clue where ‘home’ is” was cited on Twitter on March 30, 2010/
 
 
Twitter
Ray Webb
‏@ImpactKidz
Stupid question: Why don’t orphans play baseball?
11:56 AM - 18 Apr 2009
 
Twitter
Paddy K
‏@fishpuncher
Why dont orphans play baseball?  They have no clue where “home” is
8:10 AM - 30 Mar 2010
   
Google Books
More One Liners, Jokes and Gags
By Grant Tucker
London: The Robson Press
2013
Pg. ?:
Why don’t orphans play baseball? They don’t know where home is.
     
reddit
Why don’t orphans play baseball?
submitted May 5, 2013 by SpiderDice
They have no home to run to
 
reddit
Why don’t orphans play baseball? (self.MeanJokes)
submitted June 9, 2013 by wiley2484
Because they don’t know where home is.
 
Google Groups: SydesJokes
Thursday 26th September 2013
SydesJokes
9/22/13
(...)
Joke # 8
Q: Why don’t orphans play baseball?
A: They don’t know where home is
 
reddit
Why don’t orphans play baseball.
submitted November 23, 2014 by roman8888
Because they don’t know where home is.
 
reddit
Q: Why can’t orphans play baseball?
submitted May 11, 2016 by ByronCalloway
A: Because they don’t know where home is.
 
reddit
Why cant orphans play baseball?
submitted July 25, 2016 by InfamousThunder
They cant find their home

Posted by Barry Popik
New York CitySports/Games • Tuesday, July 26, 2016 • Permalink


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