Why can't the orphan play baseball?
Because it doesn't know where home is... *sniff*
Why can't the orphan play baseball?
Because it doesn't know where home is... *sniff*
This is a dark, kind of sad pun. The joke plays on the double meaning of 'home'. In baseball, 'home' is a base, but for an orphan, 'home' is the place they don't have. That's why it is so sad.