Peanuts by Charles Schulz for June 08, 2023

https://www.thecoldwire.com/why-is-tennis-so-boring/

Had to Google Okker.

Who is he playing with now? The garage? Woodstock?

Bring your own opponent to Wimbledon, Snoopy.

Yea little cousin, that’s the nature of the game, hitting the ball back!

Snoopy had no chance. It turned out that Björn Borg and Chris Evert were the 1976 Wimbledon singles champs. (By the way Chris is actually the ladies’ name.)

Borg will defeat you, Snoopy. Resistance is futile.

Arthur Ashe died of AIDS in the 1990’s. What about Connors and Borg?

And they hit it back hard!

At least he’s not going to face a giant, alien, blancmange!

I am the Borg, you will be eliminated.

Snoopy will only play someone if they’re terrible at the game.

The nerve of them!

Snoopy can play the guy who runs onstage during a play and says “Tennis, anyone”

Love the old, great names.

You can never beat a wall Snoop

I had a wooden racket with white or grey tennis balls that came in a metal can.

I’ve seen Conners and McEnroe play each other – they do keep hitting the ball back. At ludicrous speed.

Where’s the fun in that?

Snoopy will have come up against Bjorn Borg that year for the title. That year, 1976, was the first of the Swede’s five consecutive Wimbledon titles.

Locutus of Borg is pretty good at the game.

How mean, the other guys keep hitting back the ball.

At least you won’t have to deal with John McEnroe. He didn’t turn pro until 1978

I don’t play tennis, but isn’t that the point.

i bet you would beat them all today!