Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for March 04, 2025

At last, the baseball and bowling skills that Ed has honed over his 95-plus years of existence are put to good use.

I’ve never played pickleball. But, I have played racquetball and tennis.

“…this massacre shouldn’t take long!”

Yeah, right! I’m sure it will take at least a week.

Eh so pickle ball is just tennis?

And the heart attack will come even sooner than that!

Nothing like a little “Crankism”!!!!

For someone who disdained playing a game named after food, Ed looks competent playing it.

That is the way the pickle squirts.

ping pong for mostly slow old people my definition

Anyone else out there assume Ed was going to show up at the court with a baseball bat and a jar of Vlasic?

Pickleball for sour pusses

Was there supposed to be a joke today? “This massacre shouldn’t take long” isn’t a joke. Now if he said that and then in the next panel he took a rocket shot off his face, that would have worked.

Or is the joke their opponents who apparently have never hit a ball before? The guy totally doesn’t even come close to a high arcing shot…