Charlie Brown's Baseball Team

BoxJam · Post by **BoxJam** » Fri Aug 04, 2000 7:06 am

So, who played each position?While I'm pretty sure the outfield changed
a bit (with the exception of Lucy)(Chuck did
some platooning, I guess), I'm curious who
knows all the other positions.Particularly 1B and 3B.And, bonus points, who was once named as
the DH in a strip?------------------
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Case Yorke · Post by **Case Yorke** » Fri Aug 04, 2000 8:55 am

This one's a toughie because there have been lots of switches and replacements. Not to mention that the outfield has always been a mess.Technically, this is how it goes...Pitcher: Charlie Brown
1st Base: Shermy (remember him? really old character)
2nd Base: Linus
3rd Base: Pig-Pen
Shortstop: Snoopy
Right Field: Lucy
Left Field: Peppermint Patty
Center Field: Frieda
Catcher: SchroederFirst base remains sort of an open subject, I guess. Can't think of anyone officially holding the spot since Shermy.I'm screwed on you DH question, though...Case------------------
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BoxJam · Post by **BoxJam** » Fri Aug 04, 2000 8:59 am

Pig Pen on 3rd! I shoulda knowed that!Was Shermy on 1st? I remember Sherm (one
of the first four characters, and I've
thought about employing him myself, since
I liked him), but didn't remember he was
1B.Frieda did cover CF a lot, but both Patty
and Violet were on the team early on, so
I assumed they were LF and CF. Maybe
Frieda replaced Patty.I'm afraid I'm going to have to deduct
points for saying Peppermint Patty was
in LF, since she was the manager/pitcher
of another team (who lived across town-
Lucy blamed mistakes on jet lag when they
squared off).Snoopy to Linus was a wicked double play
combo!------------------
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The Kid · Post by **The Kid** » Sat Aug 05, 2000 11:52 am

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Napoleon · Post by **Napoleon** » Tue Aug 08, 2000 2:46 am

Charlie lived in a BOX?Why do I always get the feeling I'm too young and/or too late to really get into these things?That's just psychotic, though. I now have new appreciation for Peanuts.

Burntdog · Post by **Burntdog** » Tue Aug 08, 2000 8:18 am

You know when I was a kid I had some kind of board game that was basically Snoopy Baseball. I think it had all the characters in their positions. Too bad its in my parents attic or something.Is it just me or did the baseball themed strips dissappear from Peanuts in the 90s?------------------
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BoxJam · Post by **BoxJam** » Tue Aug 08, 2000 8:26 am

Yeah - I had the baseball board game.You rolled three dice and looked up the
result in the box lid.The baseball ones declined in frequency, but
I don't think they disappeared.A series I particularly liked (in the 80's?
maybe late 70's) had Charlie Brown run away
from home after the EPA got after him for
biting the kite-eating tree. He lived in
a cardboard box and coached a baseball team
of pre-schoolers.------------------
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Case Yorke · Post by **Case Yorke** » Tue Aug 08, 2000 11:01 am

I had the baseball game too. It was pretty cool...Wasn't the Kite-Eating Tree like the meanest thing in the world? I remember as a kid hating when that tree would smile. I always thought it was the most evil thing I had ever seen.Now I know better. It's cyclists.Case
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BoxJam · Post by **BoxJam** » Tue Aug 08, 2000 11:39 am

Yeah, the kite-eating tree was evil.Peanuts is really pretty surreal if you
think about it - I grew up with it, as I
imagine most of you did - so it didn't seem
surreal to me then, but trying to look at it
again for the first time, there's LOTS of
strange stuff:the kite-eating tree
a kid who played Beethoven on a toy piano
a kid-run psychiatric booth
a dog who imagined WWI airplane fights
a sentient school building
as mentioned above, Charlie Brown living in
a cardboard box for a whileWith Calvin and Hobbes, it was easy to
appreciate the quantum leaps that Watterson
brought to cartooning, because I was in
college when it started. With Peanuts,
the quantum leaps are there, but harder to
see. Peanuts is truly amazing.
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Napoleon · Post by **Napoleon** » Wed Aug 09, 2000 4:14 am

>>AND BOXJAM'S DOODLE!!!Well, yeah, but that was obvious.------------------
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BoxJam · Post by **BoxJam** » Wed Aug 09, 2000 5:52 am

Yeah, he did. When he was on the lam.Sergio Aragones (sp?) said it pretty well -
something to the effect of, "In 300 years,
when people talk about comic strips of
the 20th century, 'Peanuts' is the only
one anyone will remember."------------------
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Case Yorke · Post by **Case Yorke** » Wed Aug 09, 2000 9:10 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by BoxJam:
Sergio Aragones (sp?) said it pretty well - something to the effect of, "In 300 years,
when people talk about comic strips of the 20th century, 'Peanuts' is the only one anyone will remember."<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>AND BOXJAM'S DOODLE!!!*pulls out party horn*TOOT TOOT!*tosses confetti into the air*WHEEEEEEEEE!!!*breakdances*
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BoxJam · Post by **BoxJam** » Thu Aug 10, 2000 7:26 am

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Burntdog · Post by **Burntdog** » Mon Aug 21, 2000 10:51 am

Wow I guess everyone had that baseball game! Now I know where Sparky made his cash. I really like Peanuts too but I think Calvin & Hobbes and Far Side will be remembered as great too. In their own way they added a lot to the comics vocabulary. It's hard to believe growing up we had all that plus Bloom County and Doonesbury. ------------------
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Lee.herold · Post by **Lee.herold** » Tue Aug 22, 2000 6:41 am

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