My sole connections to baseball are the novel “Summerland” and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. I assume that if Captain Sisko likes baseball, it’s got value. But organized sports and I have a mutual nonaggression pact.
I’ve never thought of it as a reason to sit and pet the cats, though! This is a new and promising field in my understanding of sport!
Sunday Funday!!!! Ok, the Mega-Orb gives so much, I’d like to give back to the Orb, but of course, I can’t do it alone. Since soon we will no longer need a spoiler zone, I think if we had a designated spot each week for folks to share something fun, great news, a funny story, a joke, anything. This is not to prescribe that this is the only place or time to do it, if you have great news or something to share at anytime, by all means DO so!
Research has shown that if you regulary journal about what makes you happy, or what you’re grateful for, these things tend to increase in your life. Part of that is that when you look for it, you see it, it registers more deeply, and if you share it, it enlivens us all!!! I look forward to our Mega-Orb community everyday, but I would love to have a place I could go to look for a bunch of uplifting, funny, happy news.
Folks seemed to like the idea so lets keep trying!! Just like the spoiler zone, whoever thinks of it first on a Sunday should start it, even if you don’t have something to share!!!
Once when I attended a Philly’s game, a fly ball bounced into my section. I surprised myself by pouncing on it. I didn’t have it for long. A guy I worked with pried it out of my hand. Afterwards he gave it to the kid who had vacated his seat when the ball hit. The boy seemed appreciative. He had a broken arm.
I used to love baseball in the days of the “Big Red Machine:” Johnny Bench, Pete Rose, Tony Perez, Joe Morgan, Davey Concepcion, César Gerónimo, and Ken Griffey! Those were the days, my friends!
It appears that The Woman is a fan of the Red Sox, hopefully Puck doesn’t destroy the plasma chasing that blast toward what looks like Fenway’s Green Monster…..
Cricket is very drawn out – matches are often played over days, not hours. Though patriotism does demand I wish England well today against New Zealand in the world cup final.
I’m a Mets fan (sorry about ‘86 Woman), but my AL team is the Red Sox. i guess you can figure out that that means I’m not a Yankees fan. which means it’s been a very difficult year for me so far!
I wonder what sports Lupin & Elvis would like? I’m sure Baseball is too slow for Lupin too. Basketball, with all of the running back and forth trying to get a ball?? Thoughts, anyone?
Some of my fondest childhood memories are os sitting on the back porch listening to Cardinals baseball on the radio (no tv yet) with my Gramps. Not because I liked baseball so much but because it was time with my Gramps.
Paul and I will watch baseball when the Blue Jays are playing. Unfortunately, they don’t seem to be doing much playing this year, just standing around and losing.
We once lived on a golf course suit a severely elevated green. When watching a tournament, we saw a golfer neatly landed a ball on the green, we saw a brown blur streak across the green and bat it into the trap. Nikki, the cat in my avatar had gotten out and was having a ball. This happened for the rest of the foursome before I could scramble out and grab him. Fortunately, the green was so elevated they couldn’t see what happened, but the look on their faces when they came up was hilarious.
I had a drama queen cat who would get fascinated by shots of long fly balls or balls rolling in the outfield. She would watch and try to resist but finally try to swat it with her paw. Then she would be so embarrassed that she got tricked again and look around quickly to see if anyone noticed. I would look down and pretend I didn’t see her shame. She would then walk away with an attitude like she didn’t care about that stupid ball. It was so hard not to laugh. She never looked at the TV except for baseball.
The only sport our kitty, Lily, has showed interest in to date is watching the Olympic rhythmic dance teams work with those ribbons on poles. She sat right in front of the screen and never tired of trying to catch the ribbons!
From that classic picture, Field of Dreaming for 22 Hours
I was out digging in the yard putting in tomato plants, like I’ve done for countless springs before. Nothing unusual ever happened until that day when I heard the voice, “If you feed her, she will stay.”
I couldn’t believe my ears. It was a hot day out, maybe I need a cool glass of water. Or better yet, iced tea. I went in to pour myself a glass, and when I came out, there she was. A tiny gray and white tabby kitten with huge gold eyes. I knew where she lived, because I had seen her at the house in back of mine. I took her back to them, and when I got up the next morning, there she was again.
“If you feed her, she will stay.”
Finally the Lady Who Lived in Back said, “Why don’t you just keep her yourself?” I glanced at the box with the beach towel in it, the bowl of kitten kibble and said, “I just don’t know if I’m ready for a kitten.” Jodie the Kitty just followed me in the house and stayed for the next 18 years.
“You must feed me right away.”
This is how my parents became the proud staff of a charming cat. When I came down to visit, she graciously accepted scritches and treats from me and informed my mom and dad they could keep me.
I completely agree with Elvis. I learned to hate baseball at a very early age. It always preempted my favorite cartoons. Then my early experience with Little League was horrible, as was my first experience in a ball park (sweat, dehydration, sunburn, and boredom). I also note that my father always took a nap when watching baseball or golf. Baseball is watching 8 men stand around, chew, spit, and scratch while a ninth occasionally throws a ball at the tenth guy who ignores it or tries to hit it. Very rarely, he does, a few of the chewers, spitters, and scratchers actually move for maybe a minute.
Frankly, I’d rather watch golf, which is both mentally and physically challenging, and more happens in a given amount of time. Fortunately, we have these wonderful things called books which are a far better form of entertainment if you are a non-golfer.
Ironically, later in life I discovered I could hit any softball pitch, over or underhand, in or out of the strike zone, anywhere within reach. All that practice with a katana. Our company team did everything they could to recruit me. I said I’d rather take a nap.
Sorry to run off at the keyboard. Must be the steroids from the epidural I got on Friday.
Public Safety Announcement: If you have a flat-screen TV (and who doesn’t these days) and a cat, please make sure your TV is properly anchored to the wall or cabinet.
I guess I’m glad my TV is up high and there’s no issue of this!
When my recovering-feral Gandalf came down to explore carefully while I was watching, he first found out that there are tiny objects to accompany the sound. And they’re moving! He sat, jaw (literally) dropped, for a couple moments before going to the window to check out the view. Then he saw the bullying clowder out there, and ran back upstairs.
Since then, he has realized there’s no gushy food involved with the telly so it’s uninteresting. He’s also realized that inside is nice and the clowder bullies can’t get him, so he sits in the window and says “neener neener”.
Angel, on the other hand, cares not one whit about the TV except that it means I’ll be sitting down and can give her some pettins.
This one would make more sense to me if the woman were watching test cricket (but that is five days long). So, that is what I imagine in my head. The only changes that would need to be made are: replace the word baseball with cricket and in panel three, Puck would need to say “Ok… let’s take it to gully.”
Also, congratulations the English among us for winning the ODI World Cup. It was a close one and NZ put up a good fight but was pipped at the post.
OMCOMCOMC ELVIS IS MY STEPDAD!!! My mom LOVES baseball, but he described it as “about as exciting as watching paint dry.” So he’d leave her to it & watch his shows online or on the TV upstairs.
My oldest niece moved to Boston & became a HUGE Red Sox fan when she got married. She & hubby & 4 kids all get dressed up in Red Sox gear & go to a game every so often. Sis goes along when she’s up there, & she sends back the most adorable pix!
We had one years ago that would watch British football (soccer to North Americans). My better half wanted to get him a little Arsenal scarf to wear whenever the gunners were playing.
Roger Angell in his New Yorker columns writes of baseball as an existential thing best viewed in something like a meditative state. George Carlin contrasts baseball as a timeless (literally) game in a pleasant nostalgic setting with football as a mean, nasty struggle full of death and war metaphors. Foxy rolls on her back and watches it upside down.
Biskits almost 5 years ago
A Red Sox fan! Go Boston!
Le'letha Premium Member almost 5 years ago
My sole connections to baseball are the novel “Summerland” and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. I assume that if Captain Sisko likes baseball, it’s got value. But organized sports and I have a mutual nonaggression pact.
I’ve never thought of it as a reason to sit and pet the cats, though! This is a new and promising field in my understanding of sport!
RAGs almost 5 years ago
Puck reminds me of a friend’s cat. We were watching a car race on TV and he kept trying to catch the cars when they came off the side of the screen.
AllishaDawn almost 5 years ago
Imagine what the boys would get if the woman watched golf!
shirins Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Sunday Funday!!!! Ok, the Mega-Orb gives so much, I’d like to give back to the Orb, but of course, I can’t do it alone. Since soon we will no longer need a spoiler zone, I think if we had a designated spot each week for folks to share something fun, great news, a funny story, a joke, anything. This is not to prescribe that this is the only place or time to do it, if you have great news or something to share at anytime, by all means DO so!
Research has shown that if you regulary journal about what makes you happy, or what you’re grateful for, these things tend to increase in your life. Part of that is that when you look for it, you see it, it registers more deeply, and if you share it, it enlivens us all!!! I look forward to our Mega-Orb community everyday, but I would love to have a place I could go to look for a bunch of uplifting, funny, happy news.
Folks seemed to like the idea so lets keep trying!! Just like the spoiler zone, whoever thinks of it first on a Sunday should start it, even if you don’t have something to share!!!
catmom1360 almost 5 years ago
Puck, as usual, being cute as ever.
Robin Harwood almost 5 years ago
If you feel that way about baseball, Elvis, don’t watch test match cricket.
E-AnnHemmerich almost 5 years ago
Once when I attended a Philly’s game, a fly ball bounced into my section. I surprised myself by pouncing on it. I didn’t have it for long. A guy I worked with pried it out of my hand. Afterwards he gave it to the kid who had vacated his seat when the ball hit. The boy seemed appreciative. He had a broken arm.
RuinQueenofOblivion almost 5 years ago
Pucky’s… cuteness… overwhelming… falls over
almost 5 years ago
Never stop being adorable, Puck!
McColl34 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
The infield is a dangerous place!
WelshRat Premium Member almost 5 years ago
I’m with Elvis on both this and the British Relative, Cricket. Intense boredom, niggly rules and the occasional burst of excitement.
DennisinSeattle Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Having a cat (or dog) to skritch definitely helps the 9 innings go by.
Jungle Empress almost 5 years ago
The Sox need Puck on their team!
Sue Ellen almost 5 years ago
I used to love baseball in the days of the “Big Red Machine:” Johnny Bench, Pete Rose, Tony Perez, Joe Morgan, Davey Concepcion, César Gerónimo, and Ken Griffey! Those were the days, my friends!
TampaFanatic1 almost 5 years ago
It appears that The Woman is a fan of the Red Sox, hopefully Puck doesn’t destroy the plasma chasing that blast toward what looks like Fenway’s Green Monster…..
Sue Ellen almost 5 years ago
I thought when the Hamilton saga came to an end, I’d finally stop craving potato salad. Now I’m craving hot dogs, and peanuts and Cracker Jack!
GaryCooper almost 5 years ago
That reminds me: Ever see a cat watching ice hockey on TV? It’s made for cats.
Argulus almost 5 years ago
Cricket is very drawn out – matches are often played over days, not hours. Though patriotism does demand I wish England well today against New Zealand in the world cup final.
Gloria Fleming almost 5 years ago
I’m a Mets fan (sorry about ‘86 Woman), but my AL team is the Red Sox. i guess you can figure out that that means I’m not a Yankees fan. which means it’s been a very difficult year for me so far!
Gloria Fleming almost 5 years ago
I wonder what sports Lupin & Elvis would like? I’m sure Baseball is too slow for Lupin too. Basketball, with all of the running back and forth trying to get a ball?? Thoughts, anyone?
cat19632001 almost 5 years ago
Pucky should be wearing his own Red Socks t-shirt and hat. Talk about looking adorable …
cat19632001 almost 5 years ago
I think Elvis’s statement “Something happened!” should also have a question mark after it.
cat19632001 almost 5 years ago
Lupin and Puck toe beans – I especially love the final panel rear paw toe beans.
cat19632001 almost 5 years ago
Disgruntled Elvis, draped over the back of the red couch, is pretty cute too.
arolarson Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Some of my fondest childhood memories are os sitting on the back porch listening to Cardinals baseball on the radio (no tv yet) with my Gramps. Not because I liked baseball so much but because it was time with my Gramps.
arolarson Premium Member almost 5 years ago
OT…for anyone who needs the info….
Address for Nushi’s fundraiser is https://www.gofundme.com/help-Nushi-beat-fip
wolfiiig almost 5 years ago
Do you think watching paint dry would be of interest to Elvis?
ladykat almost 5 years ago
Paul and I will watch baseball when the Blue Jays are playing. Unfortunately, they don’t seem to be doing much playing this year, just standing around and losing.
derdave969 almost 5 years ago
Looks like a Red Sox home game.
More_Cats_Than_Sense almost 5 years ago
“Who’s on First?”
https://youtu.be/airT-m9LcoY
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member almost 5 years ago
My team is sooo far back that it would take a mirical for them to make the playoffs, much less the seres.
Being in the cellar sucks.
CMC almost 5 years ago
We once lived on a golf course suit a severely elevated green. When watching a tournament, we saw a golfer neatly landed a ball on the green, we saw a brown blur streak across the green and bat it into the trap. Nikki, the cat in my avatar had gotten out and was having a ball. This happened for the rest of the foursome before I could scramble out and grab him. Fortunately, the green was so elevated they couldn’t see what happened, but the look on their faces when they came up was hilarious.
Gent almost 5 years ago
Baseball, the cricket without wickets.
momma-tink almost 5 years ago
Elvis, that is the perfect definition :)
skipper1992 almost 5 years ago
Yay! The Woman is a citizen of Red Sox Nation!
ltrauth almost 5 years ago
In our house it’s the “hockey men” on the TV that attract the unwanted feline attention. :-D Baseball just doesn’t interest them.
JLChi almost 5 years ago
I had a drama queen cat who would get fascinated by shots of long fly balls or balls rolling in the outfield. She would watch and try to resist but finally try to swat it with her paw. Then she would be so embarrassed that she got tricked again and look around quickly to see if anyone noticed. I would look down and pretend I didn’t see her shame. She would then walk away with an attitude like she didn’t care about that stupid ball. It was so hard not to laugh. She never looked at the TV except for baseball.
DennyWheeler almost 5 years ago
Pucky knows how to enjoy Sunday. Find the Woman’s lap and absorb the lovin’.
Queen of America almost 5 years ago
John Fogartys’ Centerfield comes to mind. During one of the chorus’, he says “I got it! I got it!”
kippan almost 5 years ago
Just as long as she’s not a Yankees fan….
maggijoseph Premium Member almost 5 years ago
The only sport our kitty, Lily, has showed interest in to date is watching the Olympic rhythmic dance teams work with those ribbons on poles. She sat right in front of the screen and never tired of trying to catch the ribbons!
Kitty Katz almost 5 years ago
From that classic picture, Field of Dreaming for 22 Hours
I was out digging in the yard putting in tomato plants, like I’ve done for countless springs before. Nothing unusual ever happened until that day when I heard the voice, “If you feed her, she will stay.”
I couldn’t believe my ears. It was a hot day out, maybe I need a cool glass of water. Or better yet, iced tea. I went in to pour myself a glass, and when I came out, there she was. A tiny gray and white tabby kitten with huge gold eyes. I knew where she lived, because I had seen her at the house in back of mine. I took her back to them, and when I got up the next morning, there she was again.
“If you feed her, she will stay.”
Finally the Lady Who Lived in Back said, “Why don’t you just keep her yourself?” I glanced at the box with the beach towel in it, the bowl of kitten kibble and said, “I just don’t know if I’m ready for a kitten.” Jodie the Kitty just followed me in the house and stayed for the next 18 years.
“You must feed me right away.”
This is how my parents became the proud staff of a charming cat. When I came down to visit, she graciously accepted scritches and treats from me and informed my mom and dad they could keep me.
scaeva Premium Member almost 5 years ago
I completely agree with Elvis. I learned to hate baseball at a very early age. It always preempted my favorite cartoons. Then my early experience with Little League was horrible, as was my first experience in a ball park (sweat, dehydration, sunburn, and boredom). I also note that my father always took a nap when watching baseball or golf. Baseball is watching 8 men stand around, chew, spit, and scratch while a ninth occasionally throws a ball at the tenth guy who ignores it or tries to hit it. Very rarely, he does, a few of the chewers, spitters, and scratchers actually move for maybe a minute.
Frankly, I’d rather watch golf, which is both mentally and physically challenging, and more happens in a given amount of time. Fortunately, we have these wonderful things called books which are a far better form of entertainment if you are a non-golfer.
Ironically, later in life I discovered I could hit any softball pitch, over or underhand, in or out of the strike zone, anywhere within reach. All that practice with a katana. Our company team did everything they could to recruit me. I said I’d rather take a nap.
Sorry to run off at the keyboard. Must be the steroids from the epidural I got on Friday.
Mad Carew almost 5 years ago
It’ll be a bad day if Puck lives up to his name and knocks over the flatscreen…
Sabrina17 almost 5 years ago
That’s how I watch baseball, knit until the announcer’s voice goes up a few octaves.
awgiedawgie Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Public Safety Announcement: If you have a flat-screen TV (and who doesn’t these days) and a cat, please make sure your TV is properly anchored to the wall or cabinet.
miscreant almost 5 years ago
Elvis is right keeping scores of a nap is better than baseball. Now if baseball was full contact…
fuzzybritches almost 5 years ago
I guess I’m glad my TV is up high and there’s no issue of this!
When my recovering-feral Gandalf came down to explore carefully while I was watching, he first found out that there are tiny objects to accompany the sound. And they’re moving! He sat, jaw (literally) dropped, for a couple moments before going to the window to check out the view. Then he saw the bullying clowder out there, and ran back upstairs.
Since then, he has realized there’s no gushy food involved with the telly so it’s uninteresting. He’s also realized that inside is nice and the clowder bullies can’t get him, so he sits in the window and says “neener neener”.
Angel, on the other hand, cares not one whit about the TV except that it means I’ll be sitting down and can give her some pettins.
mistercatworks almost 5 years ago
“It’s like keeping score of a Nap”…except people keep waking you up to sell you things.
Billy Yank almost 5 years ago
You can take the girl out of New England but you can’t take New England out of the girl. Three Cheers for the Red Sox!
Aspen_Bell almost 5 years ago
OT, Jasper’s fundraiser info is here:https://www.gofundme.com/f/jasper039s-life-is-saved-help-me-pay-the-bills
Mx Crazy Cat Person almost 5 years ago
This one would make more sense to me if the woman were watching test cricket (but that is five days long). So, that is what I imagine in my head. The only changes that would need to be made are: replace the word baseball with cricket and in panel three, Puck would need to say “Ok… let’s take it to gully.”
Also, congratulations the English among us for winning the ODI World Cup. It was a close one and NZ put up a good fight but was pipped at the post.
Code the Enforcer almost 5 years ago
"It’s a HOME RUN!!! … If ONLY the ‘Puckster’ made it to the fence in TIME! … He could have shown his famous CLIMB And CATCH Move!! ;)
Aslan Balaur almost 5 years ago
I am with Elvis on this one.
Dave Tring almost 5 years ago
Or cricket.
anomalous4 almost 5 years ago
OMCOMCOMC ELVIS IS MY STEPDAD!!! My mom LOVES baseball, but he described it as “about as exciting as watching paint dry.” So he’d leave her to it & watch his shows online or on the TV upstairs.
My oldest niece moved to Boston & became a HUGE Red Sox fan when she got married. She & hubby & 4 kids all get dressed up in Red Sox gear & go to a game every so often. Sis goes along when she’s up there, & she sends back the most adorable pix!
BWR almost 5 years ago
IMHO.
Nuliajuk almost 5 years ago
We had one years ago that would watch British football (soccer to North Americans). My better half wanted to get him a little Arsenal scarf to wear whenever the gunners were playing.
Ruth Brown almost 5 years ago
Elvis is correct once again. I would watch tennis and wrestling with Elvis any day or night—those are his sports, right Woman?
lisav1124 almost 5 years ago
Our Tommy gets up on the entertainment center and bats at the screen when I watch. He’d love baseball, but he’d be a Brewers fan.
Gemina13 almost 5 years ago
Oh, Pucky’s little excited face! <3 <3 <3
Aspen_Bell almost 4 years ago
Roger Angell in his New Yorker columns writes of baseball as an existential thing best viewed in something like a meditative state. George Carlin contrasts baseball as a timeless (literally) game in a pleasant nostalgic setting with football as a mean, nasty struggle full of death and war metaphors. Foxy rolls on her back and watches it upside down.
bleeps pwease over 3 years ago
boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooop