Charlie Brown

Charles "Charlie" Brown is the main character in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz. Charlie Brown is a loveable loser, a child possessed of endless determination and hope, but who is ultimately dominated by his insecurities and a "permanent case of bad luck", and often taken advantage of by his peers. These traits are best seen in the history of his baseball team.Charlie Brown is the manager of the team and its pitcher, but the team consistently loses (their all-time record is said to be 2–930, and the two wins were only by forfeit when the opposing team's players were ill. However, it should be noted that the team is said to have won when Linus was pitching in Charlie Brown's absence.) Charlie Brown is constantly cursed as a pitcher, often giving up tremendous hits which either knock him off the mound or leave him with only his shorts on. The team itself is poor, with only Charlie Brown's dog Snoopy being particularly competent; however, most of the occasions when his... full article at wikipedia