I played only in bar leagues when I was younger, and I was mediocre at best (probably only valued for my ability to design our team jerseys), but I could not tolerate any excess facial hair. It’s a hot and sweaty game – a beard would drive me crazy, especially under a chin strap. Howtheduck? I drew it. Our mascot was a hockey-playing duck, created many years before The Mighty Ducks and the Anaheim Ducks became a thing.
There is a real antenna pro among us who has done hundreds of outdoor installations and I bet his head is exploding after reading all these comments. HAHAHA!!! You know who you are!!
All these references to weighty literature … and here we are commenting about a comic strip. Pretty good bookends in readers’ tastes. No pun intended.