Obviously, especially at age six, it’s good to try things more than once to see if you just need to get the hang of it. Throw in his pathological unwillingness to seek or accept help of any kind, and Calvin would’ve been way better off staying in Cootie Central. Problem is Calvin, like the 2022 Boston Red Sox, can’t even do any of the basic nothing that is asked of him on a baseball field. Baseball’s probably a good sport for a loner like Calvin because you often don’t have to talk to anyone or do anything. Team sports aren’t often a conducive environment for loners. It may seem weird to call someone who spends every moment with their best friend a “loner,” but there’s a reason Calvin gets compared to the Fight Club narrator. I’m good at neither of those things, much like how I’m no good at baseball, much like Calvin in this series. If you’re a sea captain, you’re good at reading nautical charts. If you’re an accountant, you’re good with numbers. There are things in life you are good at, right now. The Lesson: Some things just aren’t for you.

Finally, Hobbes suggests playing Calvinball. He gets bullied for not playing baseball, then bullied for playing wrong, then his teacher calls him a quitter. Calvin doesn’t care or know anything about baseball, but signs up to play to avoid being in a “cootie central.” When his dad tries to teach him to field, he gets a bloody nose. In this series, the gym teacher is having all the boys play baseball at recess. Beginning here and ending May 5 th (20 days, but 2 are Sunday strips with no relevance to the plot). Three Weeks of Calvin Getting Murdered At BaseballĪndrews McMeel Publishing Another long story line. It’s friends like Hobbes you remember when your own indifferent death inevitably comes. A+ display of friendship, real Day One Ride-Or-Die behavior from Hobbes.

Hobbes is a sympathetic sounding board while Calvin asks things like “Why did that little raccoon have to die? He didn’t do anything wrong…what’s the point of putting him here and taking him back so soon?!?” The whole time, Hobbes never leaves Calvin’s side. A more literary, character-development way to think about it is that Hobbes is listening to his friend process the unimaginable.

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