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No. 507: A Hit For Charlie Brown

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A Hit For Charlie Brown

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Strip by: Conor

{Scene: A hospital, with a sick child in a bed.}
Doctor: Charlie... there's someone special here to see you.
Charlie Brown: Hit one for me - will you, Joe?
Joe Shlabotnik: You got it, Champ.
{Cut to a baseball diamond. Joe Shlabotnik is hit in the head by a pitch.}
{Cut back to the hospital. The baseball game is shown on TV as a brawl breaks out. Charlie Brown watches with a dismayed expression while the doctor stands by.}

The author writes:

As usual, neither Joe Shlabotnik nor Charlie Brown can catch a break. Though at least this time Charlie Brown actually got to meet him...

Original Perry Bible Fellowship: "A Hit For Bobby".

Original Peanuts: 1969-12-31.