Kid described his choice in his description. He sees himself in the mountains but is grimacing at the thought of baseball. I would feel the same way. Only advantage of one over the other is there might be fewer deer flies and mosquitoes at the stadium while the park will be much quieter and with a lot less beer-breath and profanity. Insect repellent will fix the first problem but nothing will ever cure the second.
Entry #53,229 in Jef Mallett’s long-running series on “sports I don’t like and feel free to denigrate because I can’t imagine why anybody else would possibly enjoy them”.
I’ve never been one for spectator sports but Baseball is one of the more boring to watch, mostly a glorified game of catch in which something occasionally happens.
Lighten up, baseball fans. It’s a joke, a switcheroo. It’s also a pretty well-grounded joke. As the musician-storyteller extraordinaire and hero of mine Todd Snider explains it, he doesn’t much care for spectator sports, but he loves baseball. That’s because baseball isn’t a sport. It’s an art. (Thanks, Todd; I’ll take it from here.) Now, I know a lot of kids love baseball. A lot of kids love art. A lot of kids would even love spending four hours in an art museum 400 feet from the paintings, closely surrounded by loud, pushy shovey people who spill things. But not, I’ll propose, enough of them to keep me from making a baseball joke that lands safely between outfielders. Maybe not over the fence, but definitely in fair territory and out of reach.
The real question is, just how far is this kid’s family driving? The preponderance of hints over the years suggests the Frazz cast lives somewhere in the northern Midwest, probably Michigan. And I’m not sure, with the season the Tigers are having, that a massive, tightly packed crowd is going to be a factor. Willing suspension of disbelief, folks. Willing suspension of disbelief.
Bilan over 4 years ago
Jef left it wide open to decide which is the sufferfest and which is relaxing.
pschearer Premium Member over 4 years ago
Could be worse. Could be soccer.
Carl Premium Member over 4 years ago
Must be a Tiger’s game.
asrialfeeple over 4 years ago
Now you just have to figure out which is which.
Masterskrain Premium Member over 4 years ago
Dad: Character-building sufferfest = Baseball Game. Mom: Relaxation = Dante’s Cauldron State Park.
Sounds right to me…
Jhony-Yermo over 4 years ago
Soccer is exciting. Baseball, right up their with golf and fishing.
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member over 4 years ago
I can’t find Dante’s Cauldron State Park anyplace. Is it real?
sandpiper over 4 years ago
Kid described his choice in his description. He sees himself in the mountains but is grimacing at the thought of baseball. I would feel the same way. Only advantage of one over the other is there might be fewer deer flies and mosquitoes at the stadium while the park will be much quieter and with a lot less beer-breath and profanity. Insect repellent will fix the first problem but nothing will ever cure the second.
DavidPlatt over 4 years ago
How about combining the suffering, and the relaxation into one sports experience?
Attended one complete cricket test match.
Bring cots, sleeping bags, and plenty of hand sanitizer for the porta-potties… you’ll be there for several days.
Enoi over 4 years ago
Jef was going all “Calvin & Hobbes” there until the last panel. :)
Richard S Russell Premium Member over 4 years ago
Entry #53,229 in Jef Mallett’s long-running series on “sports I don’t like and feel free to denigrate because I can’t imagine why anybody else would possibly enjoy them”.
Darwinskeeper over 4 years ago
I’ve never been one for spectator sports but Baseball is one of the more boring to watch, mostly a glorified game of catch in which something occasionally happens.
byamrcn over 4 years ago
Yeah because nothing in all of sports matches the scintillating spectator thrills of…distance running.
Concretionist over 4 years ago
“Character-building sufferfest” has now joined my list of perfect vacation descriptions.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 4 years ago
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Lighten up, baseball fans. It’s a joke, a switcheroo. It’s also a pretty well-grounded joke. As the musician-storyteller extraordinaire and hero of mine Todd Snider explains it, he doesn’t much care for spectator sports, but he loves baseball. That’s because baseball isn’t a sport. It’s an art. (Thanks, Todd; I’ll take it from here.) Now, I know a lot of kids love baseball. A lot of kids love art. A lot of kids would even love spending four hours in an art museum 400 feet from the paintings, closely surrounded by loud, pushy shovey people who spill things. But not, I’ll propose, enough of them to keep me from making a baseball joke that lands safely between outfielders. Maybe not over the fence, but definitely in fair territory and out of reach.
The real question is, just how far is this kid’s family driving? The preponderance of hints over the years suggests the Frazz cast lives somewhere in the northern Midwest, probably Michigan. And I’m not sure, with the season the Tigers are having, that a massive, tightly packed crowd is going to be a factor. Willing suspension of disbelief, folks. Willing suspension of disbelief.