Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for June 17, 2018

Hobbes plays baseball the way Phil Mickelson plays golf (google it).

Calvin could play with his dad. It is father’s day you know.

They are playing Calvinball aren’t they? So anything goes.

Darned sneaky Tigers!

This is a real laugh out loud.

Of course, Hobbes is wrong.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoPcTnVhXb4

Am with Hobbes on this one!

In grade school I got very good at throwing a baseball straight up. A classmate who was good at baseball had real trouble catching it. He would lose balance with only blue sky in view. Excellent practice for a catcher! Also you can’t see where you’re walking.

With a record of 35-37, maybe the other Tigers should try that.

LOL- Calvin’s colossal outrage is just magnificent. LOOK AT HIM!! He’s just EXPLODING with it!

Does Calvinball have an infield fly rule?

That’s interference by the batter — automatic out.

Hilarious! He got you again, Calvin!

With numbers like 10 billion, it sounds like a budget deficit debate.

What a swing! The wooden bat bent under such force in panel 3.

Hobbes has the rules for Calvinball down well.

Hobbes plays Jungle Baseball, Calvin. You should know that.

Calvinball 5.0

In the second ‘toon, third panel— is that a flashcube on top of that camera? This strip isn’t as old as the 1960s, but I guess Bill Waterson could be old enough to remember.

Calvinball! <3

Everyone, this is not Calvinball. Calvinball doesn’t come until much later. This is just baseball with crazy, don’t-know-how-to-play rules.

Come back Bill. We miss you.

So, if the run counts double, what’s the score now, 2 billion to one?!

Can’t be Calvinball, no masks.

Remember Calvin, there’s no crying in baseball.

I love that sweet face on Hobbs.

From the movie “The Sting”: “What was I supposed to do, point out that he’s cheating better than me???!!!”

The only game we made our own weird rules was years ago playing “Pass-Out.” Hey, we were camping and we weren’t going anywhere. One guy, 3 women. He got to be everybody’s partner! He’s deceased now for a few years, but he was a sweetheart. Miss you Joe.

Actually, Calvin is WRONG! Hobbs CAN do that because Hobbs DID do that. I used to “nail” my boys with that all the time until they learned the difference between “could” and “should” in all their various guises.

There’s a whole lot more you can “do” in life than you should “do” in life! And that’s a hard lesson to learn – and some of us NEVER learn it!