The worse place to actually watch a baseball game is at the Stadium. You go there for the atmosphere. So I agree with Ignatz, suck it up, good times will be had.
So this kid’s philosophy is that if you aren’t doing it, it’s not even worth watching others do it. There goes pro sports (hey, there’s an idea – there goes pro sports with their multimillion dollar whiners… go, kid! Start the movement now!)
Every kid (that I know of) goes through phases where they like one parent more than another*; like the family menu… and not; like the family recreational choices… and not; like their first and last names… and not; like where they live… and not. At some point, though, they start defining themselves without immediate reference to their parents, which is the first step of adulthood, I think.
I got a little bit of grief from this series because, as one commenter put it succinctly, my bias was showing. Well … yeah. It’s a comic strip, not a research paper. In a perfect world, or at least my vision of a slightly more perfect world, vacations, research papers AND comic strips would be learning experiences. But not the same type of learning experience at all.
There’s no place for bias in a research paper, of course. And of course any given episode of Frazz is a bubbling Dante’s Cauldron of biases. And so it is that I learn the same thing nearly every day from my commenters: Some differing opinions are okay. They’re more than okay. They’re fun and even essential to a good story and quite probably to life in general.
Frazz is overlooking the main reason Dad wants to bring son to a baseball game- father/son bonding. The deliberate pace of the game allows plenty of time for conversation from strategy to reminiscing about other games to just talking. How often do parents have time to just talk with their children? My fondest memories are of games my father took me to when I had him to myself for three hours. I think my kids feel the same way when we go to games. I certainly learned a lot about their lives when we talked.
pschearer Premium Member almost 5 years ago
“Oh, #$%&, another learning opportunity.”
Ceeg22 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Going to a baseball game isn’t that much of a chore, quit whining
Ignatz Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Good god, just go to the ball game with your old man and stop whining.
cervelo almost 5 years ago
The worse place to actually watch a baseball game is at the Stadium. You go there for the atmosphere. So I agree with Ignatz, suck it up, good times will be had.
RussHeim almost 5 years ago
The stadium is the PERFECT place to watch a baseball game – you get to see more than just what the camera shows you.
Jeff0811 almost 5 years ago
If Frazz keeps this up I may follow in the footsteps of Schirzo and Big Puma, except I wouldn’t bore fans with all the bellyaching.
Veni Vidi Vici almost 5 years ago
More of Mallett’s pretentious belittling of the typical American. . .
Plods with ...™ almost 5 years ago
Fell asleep at a Red Sox game when I was young. Seats behind home plate too. Never went back.
Nick Danger almost 5 years ago
So this kid’s philosophy is that if you aren’t doing it, it’s not even worth watching others do it. There goes pro sports (hey, there’s an idea – there goes pro sports with their multimillion dollar whiners… go, kid! Start the movement now!)
Concretionist almost 5 years ago
Every kid (that I know of) goes through phases where they like one parent more than another*; like the family menu… and not; like the family recreational choices… and not; like their first and last names… and not; like where they live… and not. At some point, though, they start defining themselves without immediate reference to their parents, which is the first step of adulthood, I think.
Assuming there are at least two parents.Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 5 years ago
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I got a little bit of grief from this series because, as one commenter put it succinctly, my bias was showing. Well … yeah. It’s a comic strip, not a research paper. In a perfect world, or at least my vision of a slightly more perfect world, vacations, research papers AND comic strips would be learning experiences. But not the same type of learning experience at all.
There’s no place for bias in a research paper, of course. And of course any given episode of Frazz is a bubbling Dante’s Cauldron of biases. And so it is that I learn the same thing nearly every day from my commenters: Some differing opinions are okay. They’re more than okay. They’re fun and even essential to a good story and quite probably to life in general.
But that’s just me. I could be wrong.
Bill Harris Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Frazz is overlooking the main reason Dad wants to bring son to a baseball game- father/son bonding. The deliberate pace of the game allows plenty of time for conversation from strategy to reminiscing about other games to just talking. How often do parents have time to just talk with their children? My fondest memories are of games my father took me to when I had him to myself for three hours. I think my kids feel the same way when we go to games. I certainly learned a lot about their lives when we talked.