The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for June 14, 2024

Plus, Wilberforce isn’t a poor sport!

The famous altruism of Thornapples men.

One time I struck out six times.

Speeding up the game, too!! And increasing the pitch count!

The team can always count on Wilberforce for a sacrifice at-bat.

Look at it this way, you were only responsible for 5 outs. You could have hit into 5 double plays and been responsible for 10 outs.

that is some lemonade

It will also open up positions on the next rung to advancement to fame and fortune in the major leagues.

Coach Thornapple…

Believe it or not, what Brutus said made sense. What is this world coming to?

Poor Wilberforce doesn’t have an athletic bone in his body but at least he tries, and our hero does his best to encourage his son.

Beats what I saw a Pop Warner football game. The boy was probably about 6 or 7 years old. A kid on the other team had the ball and was running for all he was worth. The first kid went running after him, tripped and fell, missing the tackle. His dad blasted out of the bleachers and began whipping the kid for falling. The coach ran over to the dad, yanked the boy away from the out of control father. Then there was a fight between the two men. Never learned the outcome of the entire sad mess.

I remember hearing that Yogi Berra was pretty good at striking out.

Nobody is completely worthless. They can always be used as a bad example.

Twisted logic but oddly true.

You’re a pair of good eggs, Brutus and Wilberforce.

See Wilberforce ? You’re a vital cog in the game .

Well, Wilbur didn’t say noone else struck out. For all we know, his team may be a clinic team just learning the ropes. We already know his coach is a work in progress.

somehow, that doesn’t help… if that’s true then maybe they should send him first and get it over with. :J

Brutus, nice pep him up speech. But Wilberforce still feels rotten inside. What he needs is a big chocolate milkshake and a footlong Chili Dog all the way – no onions.

That’s a head scratcher.

I read somewhere that it builds character.

A father’s graciously consoles his son…….attaboy Brutus!

There is always a chance the catcher will drop the third strike.

Hah! I ride a Harley and my wife always tut tuts when some 20 something tears by, swerving lanes on a crotch rocket. I tell her he’s a statistical necessity for old guys like me. For everyone of them that gets killed an old geezer like me survives!

That kind of thinking is why he is a born loser.

He’s an example to the whole team, a bad example but then they know what not to do.

Talk about some backwards logic!

It’s nice when we see Brutus’ gentle and kind side. His winner behavior.