Peanuts by Charles Schulz for February 20, 2020

ouch

The dawn of the designated hitter rule.

Can you be both a pitcher and substitute pinch hitter at the same time?

Must be American League rules.

feels like a metaphor for my life……..

Maybe that will allow you to concentrate more on your pitching, Charlie Brown.

Very complicated

As the manager, CB, I think you can work something out. After all, it worked for the Houston Astros …

Is that necessarily a bad thing, CB?

The Designated Hitter delenda est.

The designated hitter rule encourages incompetence in the most exciting part of the game – hitting.

Chuck is probably better at the bat, then he is on the pitch.

I think that’s the idea, Charlie Brown!

The only rule I want to know if is in the book is if a player catches a flying ball with its cap (or helmet), counts as an out.

May be. Only may be.

“On April 6, 1973—Opening Day—Ron Blomberg of the New York Yankees became the league’s first ever designated hitter. In his first plate appearance, he was walked on a full count by the Boston Red Sox pitcher Luis Tiant.“

The National League still plays baseball, as opposed to the adulterated product put on the field by the other league.

Thank you Charlie Finley.

Sadly, Charlie is the designated loser in this cartoon.

You gotta roll with the pinches.

This is why I prefer soccer. The Beautiful Game.

First time Curt Goudy Asked a player about the DH it was Tom Seaver in a recorded interview played just before he came to bat. He didn’t like it then he hit a triple.

After the first panel I stopped reading.

It could be worse. Mr Finley also wanted a “Designated Runner” and to use a baseball coloured like a yellow-green tennis ball for night games. But Charlie also pushed for the World Series to be played in prime time to get more fans to the game or at home in front of their TV sets.

Worst rule in baseball—like football now—specialization—where will it stop?

Oughta designate someone to hit for Lucy. And to catch for her. Better yet, designate her to stay home at each game. The caliber of the team would go up right there.

I think those are German baseball rules…

wait…you can have a pinch-hitter for your pinch-hitter?

All rule books commercial terms and policies use the same language to dissuade the individual from going through it and understanding the same. A common trick used by the corporations to con the innocent individual.

The designated blockhead.