Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for June 29, 2022

That is one small glove

Scooter playing a little too shallow

Good support shown by Fist Pump Guy in the stands.

Well now that Greggg farteddd in Scooter’s glove, there’s a lot less presssssure on him.

Looks like Scooter is feeling good about the dime he put down with Vito from Goshen.

Can’t figure out where that fence in p3 is supposed to be. Maybe Gregg has gotten disoriented and wandered off the field.

Goshen will bunt only when the situation calls for it. I.e., every time when they fall behind in the score.

Tommy must be on the outs as Goshen’s coach. What a dumb thing to say. What is this, The Valley Church Softball League? C’mon man!

That’s why they’re the Hapless Goshen Clowns.

Yeah Tommy, I can quit reading GT anytime I want, truth is, I am just hanging around to see how this train wreck of a story arc will end

P 2: G. Gordon Liddy wears his personalized golf hat to the game

P 1…Gil is being set up

P 4: Time to bunt

After being forced out of Walmart and Bed, Bath and Beyond it’s nice to see that the My Pillow guy found work as the third base coach for Goshen.

Bottom of the sixth, 2 out, Milford up by 1 run, man on 2nd. A smash up the middle bounces off Greggg’s mask, picked up by Scooter who throws to 1st to end the threat.

“If we bunt, it’ll only be when the situation call for it. He can bean all the guys he wants, and we won’t do anything about it. And we won’t hit any liners across the plate. We’re the Washington Nationals, and we lie down for anyone.”

P2: “Tommy” eh? I only knew him by his last name- Schneider from the original One Day at a Time.

In all reality , Don’t forget to buy your tickets early for the Annual Milford Odd Fellows July 4th Devil Drivers Stunt Show followed by the Ricky Sotto Musical Tribute to America and special appearance by the Milford girls softball team.

P-1: The coaches meet in the shadows to propose actual sportsmanship.

P-2: We discover there are actually two people who care how this story ends.

P-3: Uh, oh, sounds like a “Bunt” situation. (of course R&W forgot to mention if there were any outs) Meanwhile, Scooter replaces the batteries in Greggggg’s um, uh, hmmm.

Obviously, Tommy is not trying to finish second in the Valley

For someone who likes drawing hands as much as possible he still cannot draw a baseball glove

P4 “Oh Scoooter, you had me at “plan”

P2 Tommy thought bubble: “…and what a sh*tshow this should be…”

Goshen must not be in contention for the title, thus their coach can play the “we play with honor” card. If they needed this for the title, you can bet your azz the first 6 batters would all bunt.

Fistpump Man must have 5 big ones on Goshen, seeing how pumped he is about the bad start to this game. And speaking of being pumped, you should be pumped that today’s Mopped Up Thorp is online.

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P 3: Far be it from Gil to come out to the mound and settle his pitcher down a little. He only moves out of the dugout to confront an ump who happens to be totally correct in his assessment of the situation on the field.

Tommy knows all about deaf, dumb and blind kids.

Weird that Milford was said to need two wins in its last three games to take the Valley. Was its main competition—and which team is that?—already done for the season?

P 1: Brett Raptor now umps as a side gig

P1: Gil: What’s this about our pitcher?

Home game or Land’uh?

A new writer takes over the strip on July 11, so presumably that will be the kick-off (so to speak) for a new story arc.

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