Αbbot & Costello

"Who's on First?" is a comedy routine made famous by Abbott and Costello. The premise of the routine is that Abbott is identifying the players on a baseball team to Costello, but their names and nicknames can be interpreted as non-responsive answers to Costello's questions. In this context, the first baseman is named "Who"; thus, the utterance "Who's on first?" is ambiguous between the question ("which person is the first baseman?") and the answer ("Mr. Who is the name of the first baseman.")

The names given in the routine for the players at each position are:

* First Base: Who
* Second Base: What
* Third base: I Don't Know
* Left field: Why
* Center Field: Because
* Pitcher: Tomorrow
* Catcher: Today
* Shortstop: I Don't Care

* courtesy of mr. patrique