I am a big guy always looked like i had failed at least 2 grades compared to my classmates, but had terrible vision that went undiagnosed until high school. So anytime we played baseball in elementary school against another school, I’d come up to bat, everyone would say “Heavy hitter” and back up. Meanwhile i couldn’t even see the ball coming at me, so if i managed to connect it would just be a little more than someone bunting for the distance the ball would travel. Confused everyone so i could usually get on base the first at bat if I hit the ball but after that they’d play me close and i was always an easy out.
Let’s hope Monday we get the first of the week (and the rest) where Thibault compains to Peppermint Patty and Marcie about baseball being a girls’ game that was previously skipped over in the 1973 Peanuts run back in 2001!
Sandy is able to put together a good team, but she isn’t a good coach. She needs to listen now and then. Marcie has made it plain that she doesn’t know the game and yet, Sandy keeps treating her as if she does. Still, using the fat end as the handle could give her a faster swing.
Templo S.U.D. over 4 years ago
eye roll indeed, Miss Reichardt
sirbadger over 4 years ago
Sometimes with a bad player, you say “don’t swing and hope he walks you.”
Wilde Bill over 4 years ago
Yeah, they used to call me “Easy Out” and “3 Away”.
oddhumor over 4 years ago
If it wasn’t Saturday it would look like I got what I asked for the other day.
meg_grif over 4 years ago
Sign Marcie up for Remedial Baseballogy.
orinoco womble over 4 years ago
Like so many teachers I have known, PP expects Marcie to already know something she’s never encountered, without minimal instruction.
littlejohn Premium Member over 4 years ago
Give Marcie a chance. She still needs to find out where Who is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTcRRaXV-fg&t=11s
Grapey over 4 years ago
Just hit it and maybe you get lucky. My luck in sports is always 0
Trond Sätre Premium Member over 4 years ago
Is “belt one” a baseball-specific expression, btw? I’ve never heard it before.
jagedlo over 4 years ago
years before anyone thought of “Baseball for Dummies”…
theincrediblebulk over 4 years ago
I am a big guy always looked like i had failed at least 2 grades compared to my classmates, but had terrible vision that went undiagnosed until high school. So anytime we played baseball in elementary school against another school, I’d come up to bat, everyone would say “Heavy hitter” and back up. Meanwhile i couldn’t even see the ball coming at me, so if i managed to connect it would just be a little more than someone bunting for the distance the ball would travel. Confused everyone so i could usually get on base the first at bat if I hit the ball but after that they’d play me close and i was always an easy out.
Darryl Heine over 4 years ago
Let’s hope Monday we get the first of the week (and the rest) where Thibault compains to Peppermint Patty and Marcie about baseball being a girls’ game that was previously skipped over in the 1973 Peanuts run back in 2001!
TampaFanatic1 over 4 years ago
In about 10- 15 years from the day of this strip, Marcie will be asking P-Patty the same question but about another object………
cubswin2016 over 4 years ago
Aunt Bea did the same thing on the first Andy Griffith show.
Ellis97 over 4 years ago
Marcie and Peppermint Patty will be swinging.
33Angel over 4 years ago
Does anyone know when the first-run date was for this strip today? Year is fine if anyone does. TY!
preacherman Premium Member over 4 years ago
Sandy is able to put together a good team, but she isn’t a good coach. She needs to listen now and then. Marcie has made it plain that she doesn’t know the game and yet, Sandy keeps treating her as if she does. Still, using the fat end as the handle could give her a faster swing.
jrankin1959 over 4 years ago
Perhaps you should try her on chess… sir…
oakie817 over 4 years ago
here comes a home run
Otis Rufus Driftwood over 4 years ago
At least Lucy shows up for practice. Does Peppermint Patty even have Marcy come to her team’s practice?
geese28 over 4 years ago
Watch she hit a home run with the bat with the big handle
feanen_atreides over 4 years ago
Marcie makes me look like Joe DiMaggio.
heathcliff2 over 4 years ago
I think Marcie is throwing a hint.
knight1192a over 4 years ago
Someones going to get decked.