Peanuts by Charles Schulz for September 21, 2021

Hat on her head must have been too loose.

Did they play a thousand game season?

The truth is she really didn’t want to be there.

Hey, at least she’s jumping rope. Gotta stay in shape during the offseason!

Linus, you should not underestimate the power of the Sun!

Lucy, just how many excuses do you have? ;D

In cartoon land anything is possible. However, as we come to re-realize: Lucy always has excuses for her miscues; she never ever is one to say, “I’m sorry, I will try better.” A typical scab on the otherwise lovely days in Peanuts Land. but what is life for any of us without a bit of disappointment? Do not challenges help us to persevere and overcome the disappointments in our lives?

No, it was up in the sky, where it is now.

We always make some stupid excuse for our problems.

Yeah, she’s awful, but how focused were YOU on your part in the game to be able to record all of that, Linus?

She has room for improvement, at least.

She gotta wear shades

Then wear some shades. It’s that easy.

Like that had nothing to do with their win-loss record.

Sun in her eyes? On a ground ball?

The only reason her fielding average was .000 is that they don’t go into negative numbers…

Lucy’s got the sun in her eyes, and her head in the clouds!

Terrible how she beats herself up like that over goofing off in the outfield ; )

a great excuse used by many

Statistics wise, I think a few balls bounced OFF of her head.

John

Now we know why Charlie Brown’s ERA was 80.

Are we supposed to imagine someone bribing or threatening these kids to make them keep playing a game they are no good at and can’t possibly enjoy? It’s one thing for Charlie Brown to keep thinking Lucy might let him kick the football once every year, or for Linus to think that this Halloween he’ll finally win the Great Pumpkin’s approval. This is a whole team of kids who put themselves through this dozens of times every summer with no hope things will ever get better!

(And I’m not even mentioning the fact that baseball would be boring beyond belief even if they were good at it.)

There’s no crying in baseball… but if a team ever had good reason to…

“The best baseball excuse ever was advanced by Billy Loes of the Dodgers, ‘when he said he had lost a ground ball in the sun. Simple, direct, inarguable.”

https://www.nytimes.com/1978/04/02/archives/most-popular-pastime-in-baseball-making-excuses-the-best-excuse.html

https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/billy-loes/

I’m just realizing – what position does Linus play?

Yeah right, Lucy. Just admit the truth. You can’t play and have ten million excuses for why you’re the worst player on the team.

Some people always have an excuse.

That’s why outfielders wear sunglasses.

Sounds like the Angels.