Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for August 08, 2020

Hey dummy; you’re getting paid by the hour aren’t you?

P3 He is keeping his arm “low mileage” dummy. He is going to be a reliever with a pitch count of max 5!!!

P1, Plop, plop, fizz, fizz.

P2, Low mileage arm, high 90’s fastball and below-average intelligence. The kid can’t miss!

P3, So, Gil wouldn’t let The Mayor use Milford’s field for his pizza party but he’s fine with whatever this is?

“Can’t you see I’m doin’ exposition over here!”

In all reality , other scouts are saying I’m damaged goods and won’t make it beyond Double A, what do you think ? I think you suck, in all reality !Shut up Coronavirus , nobody asked you .

Gilpa says “Big deal, my age is in the high 90s”

If True were a dog, what breed would he be? After reviewing panels, he would be my favorite hunting dog breed. Go.

Start throwing left handed in the high 90s and you may actually have a career in baseball.

Good thing True pointed to where homers go for Gil.

What the hell is he pointing at in panel #1? What idiot walks into the middle of someone practicing pitching and starts the conversation that he should have had a few strips ago, when Tru was telling him about his “injury”

Wait until he starts wearing CK’s underwear and breathing through his eyelids ala Nuke LaLoosh.

Wait, they had me chalk the whole field, and it’s just Tru(e) throwing pitches to a softball catcher? With no batters? Like I don’t have floors to shine or anything?

And speaking of shining, today’s Mopped Up Thorp is a shining beacon of light in an otherwise dreary world.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

I love how he points out the fence to Gil to demonstrate where home runs go.

Cor Ka knows her biological clock is ticking. Let’s breed!

Maybe Tru(e) is pointing because he’s telling Gil to “get the hell out of here and let me work”.

Gil is surprised that Tru(e) is drafted, as he knew he was a low-usage reliever in college, but had no idea about what happened to his football career.