by Paul Semendinger
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I always enjoyed Charles Schulz’s famous Peanuts comic strips. Like so many people, those characters were a big part of my childhood.
A number of years ago, a collection of books (The Complete Peanuts) was produced that chronicle the complete and entire collection of every single Peanuts comic strip. With every single strip available, I decided to set about reading the entire collection. It is fascinating seeing how the strip and the characters developed over time.
I thought it would be fun to chronicle here the history of how Charles Schulz used baseball in the Peanuts strips.
I hope you enjoy this historical look back at Charlie Brown and his friends and the wonderful game of baseball…
Each comic strip comes from the wonderful site: Peanuts Wiki.. *** THE 1965 “SEASON” (Part 3):
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ON DECK - The 1966 Peanuts Season!!!!
*** PREVIOUS ARTICLES IN THIS SERIES: PEANUTS: CHARLIE BROWN, HIS FRIENDS, AND BASEBALL (1951) PEANUTS: CHARLIE BROWN, HIS FRIENDS, AND BASEBALL (1952) PEANUTS: CHARLIE BROWN, HIS FRIENDS, AND BASEBALL (1953) PEANUTS: CHARLIE BROWN, HIS FRIENDS, AND BASEBALL (1954) PEANUTS: CHARLIE BROWN, HIS FRIENDS, AND BASEBALL (1955) PEANUTS: CHARLIE BROWN, HIS FRIENDS, AND BASEBALL (1956) PEANUTS: CHARLIE BROWN, HIS FRIENDS, AND BASEBALL (1957 - PART 1) PEANUTS: CHARLIE BROWN, HIS FRIENDS, AND BASEBALL (1957 - PART 2) PEANUTS: CHARLIE BROWN, HIS FRIENDS, AND BASEBALL (1958 - PART 1) PEANUTS: CHARLIE BROWN, HIS FRIENDS, AND BASEBALL (1958 -PART 2) PEANUTS: CHARLIE BROWN, HIS FRIENDS, AND BASEBALL (1959 - PART 1) PEANUTS: CHARLIE BROWN, HIS FRIENDS, AND BASEBALL (1959 - PART 2) PEANUTS: CHARLIE BROWN, HIS FRIENDS, AND BASEBALL (1960 - PART 1) PEANUTS: CHARLIE BROWN, HIS FRIENDS, AND BASEBALL (1960 - PART 2) PEANUTS: CHARLIE BROWN, HIS FRIENDS, AND BASEBALL (1960 - PART 3) PEANUTS: CHARLIE BROWN, HIS FRIENDS, AND BASEBALL (1961 - PART 1) PEANUTS: CHARLIE BROWN, HIS FRIENDS, AND BASEBALL (1961 - PART 2)
PEANUTS: CHARLIE BROWN, HIS FRIENDS, AND BASEBALL (1964 - PART 5)
PEANUTS: CHARLIE BROWN, HIS FRIENDS, AND BASEBALL (1965 - PART 1)
PEANUTS: CHARLIE BROWN, HIS FRIENDS, AND BASEBALL (1965 - PART 2)