The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for August 01, 2020

Groan!

Even a suicide squeeze won’t help.

12 Walks?.. the Grateful Dead

Had the Commissioner of Major League Baseball not put the two teams in quarantine, this could have been a Marlins – Phillies game.

Did Baseball bore them to death?

At least these players won’t need to worry about catching Covid-19.

" And then when Cooney died at first, and Barrows did the same,

A sickly silence fell upon the patrons of the game." – E. L. Thayer, c. 1888

Time to dig up a new pitcher…

The pitcher has left his left behind behind.

Flies are droppin like limbs.

C’mon guys. Pick it up. The other team is nosing ahead.

Dead silence on the field!

A perfect cartoon to tie in with the about 6 baseball teams and maybe a few more calling off/postponing MLB baseball games amid the COVID-19 pandemic? Be glad the NBA teams are in the Disney World Florida bubble and NHL teams are in the Canada bubble.

A bunch of dead beats

MLB in the year of COVID-19.

“Walking Dead” is easier to say than “Single to left field dead”.

If this were a hockey game, you might see a face off in the corner…

It’s a grave situation.

If the Pitcher’s arm keeps falling off during a pitch you’d have the ‘Balking Dead’.

I’d this like a baseball / coronavirus reference?

They should be playing against vampires not corpses, but then their umpire would be the vampire.

And no one’s made the obvious joke about leaving balls on bases? What’s wrong with you folks? Have you had a sudden attack of good taste or something?

They don’t need a relief pitcher, they can just put a new arm on the current one.

Wonder what the ground rules are?

It’s actually an automatic out if you leave your bat on the field.

But I don’t know about leaving your left foot.

Too soon?

A few well aimed bean-balls should solve the problem.