Grit your teeth
Posted: December 12, 2018 Filed under: Pop culture | Tags: Baseball, Charles Schulz, Charlie Brown, comics, humor, Peanuts, sports Leave a commentGrit your teeth or relax at the plate? It depends on your hitting coach.
Charles Schulz
Peanuts: Back on the Mound
Posted: November 28, 2018 Filed under: Pop culture | Tags: Baseball, cartoons, Charlie Brown, comics, humor, Peanuts, sports Leave a commentI have been posting plenty of Peanuts strips here, but now, how about a motion clip? I feel bad for Linus in this — nobody applauds his spectacular running-up-the-tree catch in the first moments of the video.
Warming up
Posted: June 12, 2018 Filed under: 20th Century, Pop culture | Tags: Baseball, Charles Schulz, Charlie Brown, comics, humor, Peanuts, sports Leave a commentHere is an old Peanuts strip from Charles Schulz’s earliest years creating the comic. This particular strip comes from 1951, when Peanuts was less than a year old. Charlie Brown came a long way over the years.
Charlie Brown’s post-home run glow
Posted: May 25, 2018 Filed under: Pop culture | Tags: Baseball, Charles Schulz, Charlie Brown, comics, sports Leave a commentAfter hitting his first home run ever (and winning the game with it, to boot), one certainly can’t blame Charlie Brown for wanting to revel in the feeling of baseball glory.
Charlie Brown on deck
Posted: May 17, 2018 Filed under: Pop culture | Tags: Baseball, Charles Schulz, Charlie Brown, humor, Peanuts, sports Leave a commentAbout a month ago, we took a look at an ecstatic Charlie Brown celebrating his gloriously unexpected, game-winning home run. But what happened in the moments leading up to that blast? Let’s take a look.
Charlie Brown hits a home run
Posted: April 12, 2018 Filed under: 20th Century, Pop culture | Tags: Baseball, Charles Schulz, Charlie Brown, comics, Peanuts, sports 4 CommentsOn March 30, 1993, this strip came out in which Charlie Brown hit a game-winning home run off pitcher Royetta Hobbs. Knowing how the game typically goes for poor Charlie Brown, and seeing how ecstatically he celebrates here, kind of makes me wish I’d been at the ballpark to congratulate him.
The wood-burning set
Posted: February 22, 2018 Filed under: Pop culture | Tags: Baseball, Charles Schulz, Charlie Brown, comics, Lucy Van Pelt, Peanuts, sports, The Natural 2 CommentsPoor Charlie Brown. He’ll just have to find a tree that’s been struck by lightning so he can craft himself a new bat.
