A Pean to the Jumble

O, Jumble in the Tribune;
Thank you for making your cutesy clues so much easier than the actual words you have scrambled!
I cannot be the only one who reverse-engineers your puzzle, can I?
"The ball players on safari were interested in GETTING to the GAME!"
That is an easier pun to suss out than to figure out that EGOISM comes from EMSIOG.
I am sure of it.