Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for September 30, 2011

more like a gum ball… that seems very sticky..

Perhaps it’s a gumball…

Best throw of Hobbes!

topmost sport Tiger……

Yes, glueball, that’s good!

That’s not spit!It’s gum.

The Atlanta Braves should sign Hobbes.

Gaylord Perry-Hobbes?

Oh come on! Two World Series wins within the last, what, 7 years? Be happy! Signed – A Giants Fan that will be happy no matter what for at least a decade.

Is this a meeting of Baseball fans anonymous?Hi my name is ODDBALL, and I’m a Cubs fan. We haven’t won Jack Crap in 103 years.

lol… no, i don’t recall spitting the ball :Pfor crying out loud… it’s baseball… as in ball sticks onto the bat’s base! :D

Not caught, not fouled out, obvious contact; why’s he still standing there? It’s an infield homer, if anybody’s watching Hobbes.

Nice throw Hobbes :)

Hey! It’s ok, we’re all happy for the St. Louis Cardnials, aren’t we? I sure am :)

The Red Sox should have won; that’s the issue. It doesn’t matter how many times they have won previously, or whether certain other teams have not won for so many years.

Like we Brooklyn Dodger fans used to say “wait till next year”

idroppedmygum is the culprit. His gum stuck to Calvin’s bat.When Calvin swung, the ball hit the gum on the bat and adhered. ’That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.’BTW, the Cardinals did well to overtake the Braves, and the Rays did even better to overtake the 7-20 in September Red Sox.

You been using pine tar, Hobbes?

Calvin is normally a Tiger fan, but he doesn’t sound like one today.

I went to bed, with the Yankees up by 7 runs, and Boston with a lead during a rain delay. I figured it was a done deal. The Yankees would eventually play the Sox in the playoffs and continue one of the greatest rivalries in sports.Even though my guys are still playing, I will miss that wonderful match up. Hang in there, Sox fans. See you next year.

Go Tigers!!

No matter what team you support (if the Phillies and Rays end up in the World Series, I’m going to be very conflicted), I’m pretty sure we can all agree that Wednesday was the greatest night in MLB in a very long time. I wore out my clicker finger jumping between games.

No matter what team you support (if the Phillies and Rays end up in the Series, I’m going to be very conflicted), I’m pretty sure we can all agree that Wednesday was the greatest night in MLB in a very long time. I wore out my clicker finger flipping between games.

The Red Sox are so typcal Red Sox. They dont deserve such loyal fans. They couln’t have done any worse this last month if they were paid to throw the season.

I feel the pain, man. I’m wearing black this morning. And losing to Baltimore for crying out loud—which I’m also doing. Sigh.

Hmmm. Sticky substance, high viscosity. Don’t see any glue bottle … could be .. a snotball!

Aside from all venerable Cubs fans, nobody got nuttin’ on us loyal Dodgers fans. Incompetent ownership, underachieving players (those that are good enough to be considered ‘major league level’ – of which many starters were not!), thug/gang bangers in the crowd…..it’s been a dosey of a season for BLUE. With that form, Hobbs would be our #2 starter!

Da Bums!

Who cares if it’s a spitball, Calvin — at least you don’t have to touch it! Just take it with you as you run around the bases!

Ahhh, post-season.

Glue-ball!

Ewwwwwwww!

LOL xxx

Nah, it’s a Velcro Ball!

Honestly I dont know what you would call that,but he did hit it hard enough.

Prophetic of Tigers in the AL playoffs this year!!

As a Colorado Rockies fan, we should have hired Hobbes to pitch for us…..

My sorrow for my Giants is sorely supassed by the gigantic choke the Sox engineered this year. Sorry. There’s always next year!

I never could master that pitch. Yet again, something Hobbes does better than I do.

If you get a video ad with sound playing when this page loads, as I always do, just hit your F5 key and the page will reload without the video.

Yes, but you have the American spirit. Pick yourself up, dust your self off, and never give up.

Let’s get a ruling. The bat hit the ball, and the ball didn’t cross the plate or be caught by the catcher. The ball hasn’t hit the ground or been caught by the opposing team. Is it still in the “air”? If the bases are loaded, can Calvin’s team get three home runs as long as he has possession?

Wow! Detroit has just thrown a gumball folks. What a play!

Uhhhhhh……………….

Ha—this one’s classic.

At least he didn’t get the old eggshell trick.

@Hobbes,Thank you for the response, but you took the comparison quite a bit farther than I had intended. In the panel, Watterson made Calvin look somewhat like God in that one aspect of his (God’s) deity and I ran with it (and Calvin should, too). It reminds me of a book I read many years ago called “Your God Is Too Small!” by J.B. Philips, originally published in 1952, but still largely up-to-date and relevant. It’s a good read!

Wet jawbreaker maybe.