Role playing for a self-esteem boost
Posted: August 4, 2020 Filed under: Pop culture | Tags: Baseball, Bil Keane, comics, Family Circus, humor, Jeff Keane, sports Leave a commentAfter all, what are dads for?
If only I could get this to work on the field for my teams.
Home run trot
Posted: June 7, 2020 Filed under: Pop culture | Tags: Baseball, comics, Family Circus, humor, Little League, sports 4 CommentsClearly, this coach needs to re-evaluate their priorities. You just never know when you might need to break out the home run trot, especially at the Little League level. It’s best to stay prepared at all times. Hopefully coach is at least allowing the team to practice the bat flip? Because nothing teaches sportsmanship like perfecting the art of showing off.
Washing the world
Posted: March 19, 2020 Filed under: Pop culture | Tags: Baseball, comics, Family Circus, humor, sports Leave a commentIt may be Thursday and there might not be baseball right now, but I find myself identifying with this sentiment right now. It is currently raining in my city, with the forecast showing rain and storms throughout the day, meaning that I’m going to have a hard time squeezing my run in.
Dad’s job
Posted: July 23, 2019 Filed under: Pop culture | Tags: Baseball, comics, Family Circus, humor, sports Leave a commentThis one is really cute. A little tip for all the baseball dads out there.
Need a new bat
Posted: February 22, 2019 Filed under: Pop culture | Tags: Baseball, Bil Keane, comics, Family Circus, humor, Jeff Keane, sports 3 CommentsAha! So that was my problem. Man, as pricey as bats are, you’d think they’d engineer them better.

Family Circus
The downside of baseball
Posted: September 8, 2018 Filed under: Pop culture | Tags: Baseball, Bil Keane, comics, Family Circus, humor, sports, Stephen King Leave a commentIt’s way too easy for Pennywise to steal your game ball.
Bat flip and home run trot
Posted: November 26, 2017 Filed under: Pop culture | Tags: Baseball, Bil Keane, comics, Family Circus, humor, Jeff Keane, sports 2 CommentsHere’s a cartoon I haven’t seen for several years: Family Circus. This strip was one of my favorites to catch up on whenever I could get my hands on a newspaper as a kid. This particular cartoon published in June of 2014, and I certainly am glad to see the strip is still up and running today.