Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for February 14, 2019

Terry Bradshaw offers condolences and best wishes in panel two.

Panel three…. the ‘orginal’ Mopman?

Short handed, eh? Are they also vulgarians? I ‘d alert Spy magazine, but they’ve gone out of business.

Max Bacon?

Those four missing players remind me of Branch Rickey’s retort when Ralph Kiner wanted a raise: We finished last with you, we can do it without you.

P1, No wonder they’re losing it looks like Gil had to resort to playing a midget just to get through the game now that he’s benched most of the team.

P2, Just not this year.

P3, Gil’s having an acid flashback from his glory days?

Panel 2: tickle handshake or finger handshake?

In all reality , Oakwood coach,Hang in there Gil you’ll turn it around . Remember the words of Alfred E Neuman , What Me Worry !

Could be David Hasselhoff, with a sun-bleached do.

P1- GilPa decides to stymy the feared Oakwood 3 pointer attack by erasing the 3 point arc.

P2- Terry Bradshaw indeed t-car. Where is former Magnum P.I., now Ming the Merciless look a like Tod Andrews?

P3- Former metrosexual combo guard Lini Verdi shows up after completing his European studies abroad.

Which one is it that Gil can pencil in at small forward- Starsky or Hutch?

P1 – So Milford can’t beat anyone with a full team, suddenly they’re super competitive with most of their starters benched.

P2 – Dick Cheney was my first thought, although yeah, closer to Terry Bradshaw. Actually if you told me it was a statue of either of them I’d believe it. But wow, what a condescending statement to State Champion Gil Thorp! I imagine in P2.5 we see the two on the ground and Gil’s got the guy in a headlock.

P3 – A former student drops by who knows the background behind Bobby’s smear campaign.

Look who’s here to save Gil’s bacon!

P2- That is former assistant VP of Yankees and George Costanza’s boss Matt Wilhelm, he must have busted out of the Sunshine Carpet Cleaners cult.

P3- That’s Big Ken Brown, making things happen with an identity change!

At first glance, I thought the not-so-mysterious visitor was asking, “Hey coach— need me to shut up?”

To which the obvious answer would be “Yes.”

Hey, that’s my primo that scored the bucket—still getting up off the floor! Milford needs to run the five-out spread offense like Milwaukee and let Jorge run it like Giannis!