Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott for May 10, 2024

Just visualize the catcher is Zoe when you throw it.

Was he even trash talking?

You need a bit more practice, Hammie Boy!

That’s the best pitch he has made all day.

Look at the bright side. At least you’re doing loads better than Lucy!

The pitcher’s mound is supposed to be dirt, not grass, but… okay.

Almost as well as I could do, I throw lousy.

Hammie has to remember to let go of the ball when his arm is horizontal.

Tears of nostalgia are springing to my eyes…

They do when that happens.

Let’s see. I think that would be ruled a ball in the Pitch Count, and also a Live Ball in “Game-play”…

Wow. Even Charlie Brown never beaned himself.

Hammie looked so serious before the pitch

I mentioned heat yesterday, hotter than the EZ bake oven.

I always envisioned those ‘happy faces’ that I wanted to slap on tennis balls. I play a fair game, the dogs enjoy a good chew : )

That’s got to be a physics-defying goof.

I think they do just to get substance.

I think he would be happier as a catcher – you get to wear all that extra equipment and you usually don’t have to throw the ball as hard or as far as an outfielder or pitcher

Hammie looked as though he were either falling asleep, or totally bored with the whole business.

Today is national “Clean Up Your Room” Day.No,seriously.

Take first base, Hammie

I don’t know Hammie, maybe pitching isn’t the right position for you.

I don’t know why every kid wants to be a pitcher (or their dad wants them to be one). The pitcher may get the glory, but it’s all his team mates that help keep his earned run average low.

Overall, no-hit games are uncommon. According to one source, only 322 officially recorded no-hitters have been thrown since 1876. Of those, only 24 were perfect games.

For an amusing baseball film, watch “It Happens Every Spring,” a 1949 film starring Ray Milland (available on YouTube). It’s about a chemistry professor who accidently invents a formula that repels wood.

In all the years I played, I can honestly (and thankfully) say…I never did that!

Need to practice with a soft ball….a MUCH SOFTER ball !