“Why don’t you just trot out there on your little Billie Jean King legs…” sounds like something uttered by a squat ex-professional wrestler with a stogie in his mouth…or Bobby Riggs.
Peppermint Patty was my parents, and I was Marcie. They didn’t listen to me either. The biggest differences were I’m a male, and I didn’t have Marcie’s “skill”.
These strips where somewhere gets their clothes/shoes knocked off the by the ball reminds me of the scene from “Three Little Words” where Harry (played by Red Skelton) is practicing baseball with his pro buddies and gets the glove knocked clear off his hand by the ball. There’s also a moment where he gets bonked on the head exactly like Lucy always does while trying to catch a fly ball. (Honestly, both of the baseball scenes from that movie could be billed as “actual footage of Charlie Brown’s team playing baseball.”)
My son once through it from deep centerfield to the catcher at home plate. Think he was about at the time. Also tagged runner at home as catcher and lifted the runner up off the baseline and sat him down a foot to the left. Amazed me.
Marcie is a brilliant character. I’ve always felt that it was a shame that Schulz never used her without Peppermint Patty. She should have appeared in strips and story arcs on her own and with other characters apart from Peppermint Patty, in the same way that all the other kids in the strip did. What do readers think?
She’d be better pitcher material…. if she wanted to play.
And Peppermint Patty just made it clear she’s a sore looser. “Winning is everything and losing is nothing.” Yeah right, give me a break. Winning feels great, absolutely no doubt about that. But it’s not everything. And losing is certainly something. Not always something good (very, very rarely anything good unless the prize when you win is actually worse than losing), but it’s something..
LeeCox over 3 years ago
Say it with me, Marcie: “What part of ‘NO’ don’t you understand, SIR?”
ImDaRealAni over 3 years ago
Sir, yes sir.
su43dipta over 3 years ago
Peppermint Patty will be a great baseball coach!
UTZAAKE over 3 years ago
“Why don’t you just trot out there on your little Billie Jean King legs…” sounds like something uttered by a squat ex-professional wrestler with a stogie in his mouth…or Bobby Riggs.
Guilty Bystander over 3 years ago
“Play Me, Trade Me, Forget Me…Who Cares?”
Looks like Marcie’s got a guaranteed contract.
AlijaHalilovic over 3 years ago
I really don’t see why the author thinks that “sir” so funny to use for months in this comic.
littlejohn Premium Member over 3 years ago
Better get used to the “Sir”. For Marcie will be the only person who will use it when addressing you.
therese_callahan2002 over 3 years ago
Marcie will never sing, “Put me in, coach. I’m ready to play today.”
Yontrop over 3 years ago
Today demonstrating why we don’t wear sandals while playing baseball.
gantech over 3 years ago
Peppermint Patty was my parents, and I was Marcie. They didn’t listen to me either. The biggest differences were I’m a male, and I didn’t have Marcie’s “skill”.
It wasn’t pretty.
Ellis97 over 3 years ago
Marcie and Peppermint Patty will be swinging.
uniquename over 3 years ago
I think the Red Sox could use Marcie.
cracker65 over 3 years ago
Patty is about as sharp as a bowling ball.
thepinkbaroness over 3 years ago
These strips where somewhere gets their clothes/shoes knocked off the by the ball reminds me of the scene from “Three Little Words” where Harry (played by Red Skelton) is practicing baseball with his pro buddies and gets the glove knocked clear off his hand by the ball. There’s also a moment where he gets bonked on the head exactly like Lucy always does while trying to catch a fly ball. (Honestly, both of the baseball scenes from that movie could be billed as “actual footage of Charlie Brown’s team playing baseball.”)
summerdog over 3 years ago
Why does it happen, that when you hate something, you seem to do well at it? Still hate it though.
jarvisloop over 3 years ago
Seven years after this strip, King was outed.
geese28 over 3 years ago
Hope Charlie is watching this
Gandalf over 3 years ago
She’s a natural!
Darryl Heine over 3 years ago
“COVID check me” could be added to Marcie’s sign between “trade me” and “forget me”.
raybarb44 over 3 years ago
Can you just imagine how good she would be if she did…….
A.Ficionada over 3 years ago
Poor Marcie, she’s roped in now
donwestonmysteries over 3 years ago
My son once through it from deep centerfield to the catcher at home plate. Think he was about at the time. Also tagged runner at home as catcher and lifted the runner up off the baseline and sat him down a foot to the left. Amazed me.
Major Matt Mason Premium Member over 3 years ago
Golf is more Marcie’s sport.
Hazelnut King over 3 years ago
Marcie is a brilliant character. I’ve always felt that it was a shame that Schulz never used her without Peppermint Patty. She should have appeared in strips and story arcs on her own and with other characters apart from Peppermint Patty, in the same way that all the other kids in the strip did. What do readers think?
DCBakerEsq over 3 years ago
My experience with basketball.
MT Wallet over 3 years ago
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knight1192a over 3 years ago
She’d be better pitcher material…. if she wanted to play.
And Peppermint Patty just made it clear she’s a sore looser. “Winning is everything and losing is nothing.” Yeah right, give me a break. Winning feels great, absolutely no doubt about that. But it’s not everything. And losing is certainly something. Not always something good (very, very rarely anything good unless the prize when you win is actually worse than losing), but it’s something..
PuppyPapa over 3 years ago
“Billie Jean King legs” , lol!
Mediatech over 3 years ago
It was on a baseball diamond that I realized I would never be any good at sports, and I was quite okay with it.
tad1 over 3 years ago
The “winning is everything” mentality is quite unfortunate. More emphasis should be placed on having fun and less on winning.
JesseLouisMartinez over 3 years ago
You don’t play baseball? You could have fooled me. Nice throw by the way
Auntie Socialist over 3 years ago
She does look a bit like Billie Jean King
DaveLowell Premium Member over 3 years ago
Who else thought of the South Park episode about baseball?
sebastian.sr.ruiz almost 3 years ago
What if… peppermint patty was barefooted during the whole peanuts comic era