In his younger days, my Dad was a halfway decent golfer (10 handicap) and a pretty good bowler. I wish that I’d inherited more of his athletic ability. For bowling anyway, I blame the aliens. I can see their space pods in the bowling alley lot, disguised as SUVs and Honda Civics. They can’t fool me.
The way you get good at something like this is HOURS of practice. Daily. My athletic brother spent most of his free daylight hours either shooting (at) baskets or practicing this move exactly (into a net). Or, occasionally, more structured team practice.
If you care about him at all, you’ll have his vision checked. (Corrected vision can make all the difference in the world for a child’s self-image and development … even if they do get called “four eyes” for it.)
yeah because if he was a great athlete the school would concentrate on hiim winning chanpionships for them and forget about his academics. you can’t buy food with trophys.
Well, the Dad should remember that time earlier this year he tried to teach Calvin baseball and accidentally hit Calvin in the nose with the ball. (“By ode dad id tryig to GILL me! Ib not playid badeball eddy more! Nebber again! I HADE it!”)
BE THIS GUY Premium Member 5 months ago
He can always go into politics.
The Calvinosaurus That Calvin Wanted To Discover 5 months ago
A real dad would tell Calvin which pitch is coming before it comes.
codycab 5 months ago
Not really often that anyone doesn’t worry about Calvin.
TEMPLO S.U.D. 5 months ago
some father/son time, huh?
Pucky 5 months ago
You can never not be enough worried about Calvin if you are his parent.
Bilan 5 months ago
Hitting a baseball is more difficult when you only have four bases and no charging tiger to worry about.
orinoco womble 5 months ago
He’s only six, Dad. How about you actually help him instead of just “worrying”? Oh, that’s right, you’re no athlete yourself.
RobertRomero 5 months ago
Calvin has shown repeatedly that he has no athletic ability at all. That helps explain why he never plays with other kids.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member 5 months ago
His tennis serve looks much the same.
Gale Premium Member 5 months ago
So what, Dad? Calvin hasn’t yet tried hockey. He can’t do that one on his own.
jagedlo 5 months ago
He’d be a lot better if it were Calvinball!
uniquename 5 months ago
That was me too. And the same thing happened when I tried to serve a tennis ball.
admiree2 5 months ago
Don’t be so hard on him , Dad. It’s tough to hit when you throw yourself a knuckleball.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member 5 months ago
I never could hit a ball like that either. I went into IT. Never threw a ball like that again that a dog didn’t bring back.
tcumming 5 months ago
have him use a water balloon, Calvin’s better at throwing those
WCraft Premium Member 5 months ago
But he is gonna look great with a black t-shirt, blue hair and awesome computer gamer skills
Snolep 5 months ago
He’s good with tigers. Maybe he’ll become another Joe Exotic.
gantech 5 months ago
Fortunately for me, I was a better student in those days. I couldn’t hit anything either.
Diat60 5 months ago
He’ll grow up and become a cartoonist, drawing a strip based on his childhood memories of himself and his tiger.
well-i-never 5 months ago
Retirement is just going to have to be savings and social security. No multi-year major league contract in sight.
rshive 5 months ago
In his younger days, my Dad was a halfway decent golfer (10 handicap) and a pretty good bowler. I wish that I’d inherited more of his athletic ability. For bowling anyway, I blame the aliens. I can see their space pods in the bowling alley lot, disguised as SUVs and Honda Civics. They can’t fool me.
jimchronister2016 5 months ago
Love this toon
mistercatworks 5 months ago
“If he WERE a better student.” Now we see where Calvin gets his low grammar grades.
SweetSinger 5 months ago
Blame the teachers (Dad!).
mrweevy 5 months ago
He could turn out to be successful in either extreme sports or on Jackass
amaryllis2 Premium Member 5 months ago
Since we’re talking education here, the proper usage would be, “if he were a better student.”
mfrasca 5 months ago
Calvin will be a creative type, probably a science fiction and fantasy writer.
Concretionist 5 months ago
The way you get good at something like this is HOURS of practice. Daily. My athletic brother spent most of his free daylight hours either shooting (at) baskets or practicing this move exactly (into a net). Or, occasionally, more structured team practice.
Andrew Sleeth Premium Member 5 months ago
If you care about him at all, you’ll have his vision checked. (Corrected vision can make all the difference in the world for a child’s self-image and development … even if they do get called “four eyes” for it.)
eccolibri60 Premium Member 5 months ago
I was a decent ballplayer, but I could not throw a ball up and hit it to save my life.
j.l.farmer 5 months ago
yeah because if he was a great athlete the school would concentrate on hiim winning chanpionships for them and forget about his academics. you can’t buy food with trophys.
kathleenhicks62 5 months ago
He’s going to be a Sci Fi writer at least.
pamela welch Premium Member 5 months ago
Ahh, but look at that imagination — He can be anything!
DanWolfie 5 months ago
Well, the Dad should remember that time earlier this year he tried to teach Calvin baseball and accidentally hit Calvin in the nose with the ball. (“By ode dad id tryig to GILL me! Ib not playid badeball eddy more! Nebber again! I HADE it!”)