points of comparison

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1001/sports.figures.on.the.simpsons/content.30.html

Strawberry takes right field in the championship game.
Lisa: You stink Strawberry! We want Home Run Homer!
Bart: Darrrryl! Darrrryl!
Bart & Lisa: Darrrryl! Darrrryl!
Marge: Children, that’s not very nice.
Lisa: Mom, they’re professional athletes. They’re used to this sort of thing. It rolls right off their back.
[Strawberry sheds a tear.]