Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for May 12, 2023

“There’s only me standing in front of you.”

Turns to Dorothy: “And nice to meet both of you as well.”

What’s that in Greggg’s left hand? The leash to his seeing-eye dog?

Egg-citing to meat you Mr. Hamm.

I had some issues with the story arc of a pitcher who was legally blind. If his eyesight has continued to deteriorate (suggested by the cane) not sure how well he’ll be able to evaluate the nuances of the pitching. “Have you thrown the ball yet? How fast did it go? What did you do? How do you feel?”

Dorothy was lefty in both the first and last panel. That’s a step in the right direction.

So each Milford team only has one pitcher? Hamm is not there to give advice, Gil is planning to transplant his arm onto someone before Leo and Dorothy ruin theirs.

Does he have a walking cane ?

So Gilpa has been sleeping upside down, eh? That certainly explains his compressed neck the past 3 days.

P-1 & P-2: Conclusion: Visually impaired coach to help Hearing impaired pitchers! Should make for an interesting summer.

P3: This guy’s not going to be any good- he thinks both Dorothy and Leo are in front of him when it’s only Leo.

Can’t see this. It’s Hammmmmer time.

Haha… wait til’ Luke hears about Gil $@?$ing Thorp putting a blind man on his pitching staff

Just when Greg thought he was out, they drag him back in. Who is paying him with the budget cuts.

Personally, I think Gregggg Hammmm will end up like burnt toast with this genius Kaz experiment and GilPa will end up with eggggg on his face.

P1 Leo Attazhoon-hite, meet Dotty Dubbs. Be careful with this one Leo, she’s whiney and high maintenance.

P2 Gil’s a bat?

P3 (Dotty waving her mitt): “Ummm…nice to meet you to Mr. Hammmm. I’m over here.”

Meanwhile the ants swarm in from the warning track to welcome back Gregggg Hammmm to the diamond, where ever he might wander.

Oh boy, here we go. Had some fun last year with having Gregggg walk into poles, off cliffs, etc. Let’s see what happens to him this year. Hopefully no blind people are reading my strip and being insulted. And speaking of insulted, I’d be insulted if you refused to read today’s Mopped Up Thorp. Not that I would actually know either way.

Does Leo use massive amounts of hair spray to get his hair to stick out straight like that?