A view from the Peanuts gallery

Finally, after nearly 43 years of swinging and missing, forever angst-ridden Charlie Brown of Peanuts fame hits a game-winning home run on this date in 1993.

The homer comes off Royanne Hobbs, the great-granddaughter of the great, albeit just as fictional Roy Hobbs.

For more on this once-breaking news from 32 years ago today, please see http://www.hardballtimes.com/tht-live/20th-anniversary-charlie-browns-moment-in-the-sun