Peanuts by Charles Schulz for March 12, 1989

Transcript:

Charlie Brown holds his bat as he cries: "Everybody out for spring training!"<BR><BR> Lucy, standing in the field and wearing her mitt, asks, "What happened to winter?"<BR><BR> Bonk! A baseball hits Lucy on the head.<BR><BR> Snoopy slides towards the plate as a player is thrown backwards into the air.<BR><BR> Bonk! Lucy is hit on the head with a ball again.<BR><BR> Whiff! Pigpen strikes out.<BR><BR> Bonk! Lucy is hit on the head for the third time.<BR><BR> Linus and Charlie Brown sit on the bench together. Linus asks, "Well, how does the ol' team look this year, manager?"<BR><BR> Charlie Brown responds: "It's hard to say, but I try to be optimistic..."<BR><BR> Linus says, "Optimism is admirable in a manager, isn't it? What other traits do you think you have?" Charlie Brown answers, "Stupidity!"<BR><BR>