Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for July 05, 2022

Wow….that was quick! Rubin must have a bus to catch now that he’s quitting…

Milford one and done in the playoffs, who could see that coming?

P1 – Nomar can’t bat when he’s pitching? Shohei Ohtani does…

Great bunting prowess, Scooooter, you really carried the team on your back this season

P4 Adding to the humiliation, Bradley HS hasn’t practiced or played since before summer recess started nearly a month ago

It’s taken 6.5 years since Milford’s last championship. No one can call Gil a loser at MCC. Cheers.

I was going to make a crack about this arc being shown as an example in the comics dictionary of “anticlimactic”. Then I looked up the definition of anticlimactic: “causing disappointment at the end of an exciting or impressive series of events.” So it would be impossible.

Re panel #1. Does Gilpa mean that the pitchers don’t bat?

Poolside tomorrow? I can only imagine how riveting the next 5 strips will be. I wonder how the new breakout football star will be introduced. Transfer from the Penal League? Homeless street urchin? The suspense (?) is killing me.

The publicity went to Gregg’s head and he broke training the night before the game.

Is Rubin the artist or the writer? (never followed it that closely)

Well, that didn’t take long. Is this double elimination?

Now Greggg’s Dad can go about his life in public, and Greggg will have to hide out in shame. Balance is restored to the universe!

In all reality , here comes Summer in Milford without Neal Rubin kind of like when Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin broke up. Good luck in your new faculty position at Faber College .

Saturday, we see a gagged and blindfolded Ruben thrown in an overseas container headed to China.

Hmmm. Its playoffs, so why not start my third-best pitcher?

Yeah, Greggg’s “rested”, since he pitched two games ago, not one. Apparently Gillll only has two starting pitchers? Well that was an exciting playoffs! One panel of action with no context. (I’m not counting Gregggg dejected stroll off the mound on his own accord as “action”.) One-and-done, as happens 95% of the time with Milford. I did expect this game to go at least two days though. This was kind of an insult to not show the game at all.

Now we’ve got 4 more days of strips to wrap it up? Other than The Hammburgler’s big reveal as to what is his trade-off for not being exposed by Lou Grant, what is left? Consoling of Gregg, some lame lesson learned. Maybe the State School Board shows up to charge Gil with child endangerment or something like that! Yeah, get the new writer started with a bang! And speaking of a bang, you can start your morning off with a bang by reading today’s Mopped Up Thorp.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

Ooh, wait until Friday when Gregggg comes into school to tell everyone how some top eye surgeon called. They saw Gregggg’s inspiring story on the news just after the clip about the tricycle riding chimp and has offered to do some complicated experimental surgery on his eyes that will cure his blindness. All they’re asking in return is a complete set of State Champion Coach Gillll Thorp commemorative gear.

It seems many commenters have the same keyboard problem. Stuck ‘m’ and ‘g’ keys. Either that or it’s some attempt at what, I’m not sure.

Is Gil going to have to apply for his job again? Will he say to the new guy “Hey, look at those State Championships! You better make me a hero!”

Just call Nomar “Batman.”

Didn’t realize pet bats were eligible for baseball or strong enough to hit.

Is Nomar’s bat the one that first had COVID?

OK, Nomar bat puns.

P 1: Is that supposed to be Tom Dempsey taking fielding warm-ups?

P 2: If they used a regulation baseball instead of a racquet ball, it might be easier to field it.

I’m hoping we can hurry to the club, so Rubin can help Gil finish his golf career ( Gil will be teaching yoga in the summers from now on) with at least two aces on the back nine.

Shout out to Mop! Season synopsis and first week of the new arc are great – as always. Makes it more than twice the fun to follow Gil.