People are playing a baseball game. The grim reaper is playing catch. Two men stare at him.
The grim reaper is at a baseball game playing.
Why is the grim reaper playing baseball?
I mean, there are closers... and there are CLOSERS.
scene: a baseball field description: People are playing a baseball game. The grim reaper is playing catch. Two men stare at him. uncanny: The grim reaper is at a baseball game playing. entities: Death_(personification), Baseball. caption: I mean, there are closers... and there are CLOSERS.
A closer in baseball is a type of pitcher who is good at finishing games, i.e., playing in later innings. But here, death is literally playing baseball as represented by the grim reaper. The joke is funny because it frames death as a strong "closer" --- death is also quite effective at finishing lives.