Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for June 25, 2022

Typically you apply the letters so the sign can be read on the outside of the window.

Al Drake looks like a ‘lifer’ at Channel G. Jimmy Piersall did sports for a TV station in Roanoke, VA in the 1970’s complete with the plaid sports jacket. Bet Al Drake has a closet full of them.

“We’re got a 1978 Ray Charles/ Stevie Wonder concert, a movie “The Ray Chapman Story,” and then we will show your kid plunking people. We brought in an ophthalmologist and a lawyer to do play-by-play. Sweeps week baby, give us a break Gil!"

What happened to the snarky catcher for the girl’s softball team? Mimi thought she could play D-1 in college but nary a word about her this season. Did she transfer to Oakwood to pursue Tod Andrews?

Does this mean this dreck is not ending any time soon?

Right. Because WHY would you want your team getting any news coverage?

HA! MOP, you’ve got another week.

Al Drake is missing a bigger story — Nomar Ramos has no sense of smell or taste yet has become a superlative chef.

I’m glad Gil changed his shirt before giving Mimi lessons on the correct technique for “chopping brocc-a-li!”

P 3 Mimi thought balloon: “…. I’ gonna switch this doofus for Pedro tonight…”

Sure newsboy… now the pitcher would not only be blind but also not fully recovered from his previous start

“No, because I’m done showing up to these games—maybe check with that loudmouth second baseman who runs the team…”

Mimi’s looking very Stepford today

Channel 6, the most infested, watched and trusted TV station by ants in the entire Valley

Mimi thinks this is so stupid she’s speechless

His and hers matching wristwatches; sweet.

With sadness, Al removes another “TODO” note from his cork board

Send the camera crew anyway to expose the plagiarist in hiding and be done with him (if Vito from Goshen’s crew doesn’t beat you to it).

In all reality , Mimi thinks ,does this make you feel like such a Big Man , Gill ? To me you become a more pathetic loser everyday Gill !

Al who? Channel what? Where? Let me check with Mimi she controls the remote.

And most puzzling of all… with all that space on the bulletin board in P1, why do two of the three notes overlap?

Oh no! We will not be sipping lemonade on Monday after all. Instead there will be more media frenzy building. We’ve got yet another week of this delightful story. Unless (perish the thought) they plan to drag this out another month and a half and have no summer story at all! I know they are the kings of dragging, but no way they can fill 6-7 more weeks. Hopefully next week we get to Gregggg’s last start, he gets shelled with the massive media coverage in attendance, Milford loses second place, and the Hammmms are never to be seen again!

And speaking of being seen, today’s Mopped Up Thorp is worth being seen, as opposed to today’s Gil Thorp.

And what the hell happened to Mimi? Did she run into The Joker and he carved a permanent smile into her face? Ouch.