Charlie Brown is standing in the field in his baseball gear.<br> <br> He looks up in the sky.<br> <br> He reaches up and catches the ball with his mitt-free hand.<br> <br> He grimaces and looks down at the hand with the mitt.<br> <br>
That was me at seven. My father bought me an adult first baseman’s glove for my birthday. I could barely lift the glove which resulted in a broken front tooth. The tooth was broken some more at the age of twelve and again a few months later while playing catch. After the last time there was so little left that the dentist pulled it out. I played junior high baseball with it. I took it with me to Africa but never used it. I gave it to another Peace Corps volunteer who was staying for extra year when our two years were up. It has only been in the last couple of years that I realized that it was the glove that caused my broken tooth and not my skills at catching.
Vinson555 almost 12 years ago
He caught the ball… maybe he should have stopped using a glove?
yow4zip Premium Member over 7 years ago
Whoops.
ootey over 7 years ago
One of Schulz’s great wordless strips.
C wolfe about 4 years ago
That was me at seven. My father bought me an adult first baseman’s glove for my birthday. I could barely lift the glove which resulted in a broken front tooth. The tooth was broken some more at the age of twelve and again a few months later while playing catch. After the last time there was so little left that the dentist pulled it out. I played junior high baseball with it. I took it with me to Africa but never used it. I gave it to another Peace Corps volunteer who was staying for extra year when our two years were up. It has only been in the last couple of years that I realized that it was the glove that caused my broken tooth and not my skills at catching.
Nate Wright! about 3 years ago
The size of the glove
Mr Pets about 2 years ago
Crazy Glue accident