Peanuts by Charles Schulz for June 25, 2022

Joe may not be the best role model for Charlie Brown, but he certainly is a soul mate.

dreadful, isn’t it?

Nobody likes to see their heroes deflated.

exactly who CB would have for a hero!

“You’re fired " (D. Trump)

“But I caught a baseball during the game…and survived all those people who wanted to beat me up for it!” https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2022/06/24?ct=v&cti=2208697

Bat boy could be Peppermint Patty’s long lost brother!

Why would they fire Joe S.?

A pity Baseball for Idiots had yet to be penned when Mr. Shlabotnik was around.

Tony LaRussa reads this strip and says: “HA! You see? Even I’m not THAT stupid!”

Never meet your idols.

There was a time when the Dodgers were in it based entirely on their pitching. The team batting average was at the bottom of the league.

The joke was that a Dodger rally was an error, a stolen base, a bunt and a sacrifice fly.

I once went to a SF Seals hockey game with my dad. There was a slap shot, and the puck sailed up into the stands. It struck an older woman in the shoulder about 3 rows in front of me, bounced off and fell right into my lap. I was so excited, I kept it. It didn’t dawn on me to give it to the woman until later. This is one reason I’m going to hell.

Will Charlie Brown ever get to meet his hero?

I happened to like this toon but was amazed that my one vote was worth 4. With a total of 80 and 4 points for each there were only 21 who liked this toon, counting myself.

I thought you had to pay sport figures for their autographs?

♪♫ "Who can call a squeeze play, with no-one on a base?

Follow it with yelling and a dirty scuff or two?

That Shlabotnik man can…" ♪♫

“Hey Kid! Get Lost!”

Nice…

Who would call for a squeeze play? Mr. Whipple!

Well Chuck, that’s your hero… that explains your baseball performance.

Peppermint Patrick. Patties brother, or cousin? Naw, he’d need cleats on his sandals.

Hate to admit, but this gag is too “inside baseball” for me.

Ouch!

Man, that bat boy needs to become the manager of CB’s team. I’d love to see him chew Chuck out after blowing a pitch for the millionth time.

SAY IT AIN’T SO, JOE!

Charlie Brown was interviewed on NPR this morning. He is a physician who may lose his freedom to practice his specialty, depending on what state he is in.

For those unfamiliar with baseball, a squeeze play is where you bunt the ball with a runner on third, with the hope of bringing him to home and scoring a run.

What happens to the batter is irrelevant, so best to do it when you don’t have two outs.

This is a funny baseball card of Joe Shlabotnik – https://dutchbaseballhangout.blog/2020/04/01/the-dutch-baseball-hangout-interviews-joe-shlabotnik/

Yep, says a lot about the home team that they HIRED him as manager in the first place. Guess someone bought the team during the game, hoping to make it a not so terrible team in the future.

I’m starting to understand why Charlie Brown looks up to him.

Who else would signal for a squeeze play with nobody on base you ask? Buddy Bell, that’s who.

Fire that bat boy for eating all the hot dogs when no one was looking.