Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for June 10, 2024

Wake me up before you go go

Will Pedro hit a home run??? Tune it tomorrow…same bat time, same bat channel.

Wham! Bam! Thank you ma’am!

P1 Leo pulls the old switcharoo, humming a hard, plastic whiffle ball in to Pedro.

P2 Pedro swings with all his strength and screws himself into the ground, re-fracturing his tibia. The high pop up barely makes it out of the infield.

Somewhere in the distance, the noise of helicopter rotors can be heard as someone in the crowd shouts, “incoming!”

Go up and get it Rod!

P1 – Leo appears to be only Mudlark on the field. Must’ve been pretty confident he could fan Pedro.

They put alot of thought in this today

Yep, I called it. Pedro with the walkoff homerun in the top of the sixth.

At least one of Pedro’s balls goes deep today. To quote Brando, The horror.

Who couldn’t hit that. Dang thing is bigger than a basketball !!!!

RW, nice waste of space !!!! 2 panels for a pitch and hit ?? And where are Leo’s teammates ?

Great coaching Gil! Leo got hit hard last inning and you left him in. Does Gil even keep track of the number of pitches thrown by any of his pitchers? Probably not since he keeps a blind pitching coach on call.

This is just like watching a real game……….zzzzzzzzzzzz.

Scintillating! A real page turner! Must read! Compelling, nuanced story!

No wonder he hit it. That ball is huge!

Take that, Dad!

The umpire kicks Leo out of the game for pitching a softball overhand.

Yet another cheap payout for Big Onomatopoeia.

when the ball comes to your eyes like a big pizza pie

i guess the shift is legal in high school wheres the shortstop vaping ?

i bet leo swats the ball down with his ancient tribal indian rag in his back pocket

So is Wham > Tang? Asking for a friend.

Make it Big!

And just like that, the writer forgets that aluminum bats don’t “wham!”.

Wham! a homer. Wham! another homer. Wham! Wham! Wham! Wham! Wha… Nyah… What’s up, Doc?

Cutting back after all those 4 panel days,

As the B.T. Express said – Do it (‘til you’re satisfied)

I’ll say this, we complained about not enough sports. Here are sports, with no one discussing their genitalia.

Not sure why Leo served up that massive beachball after he had two strikes on Pedro. No way you strike out someone firing that huge ball. And speaking of firing, today’s Mopped Up Thorp is firing on all cylinders.

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120 comments for a 2 panel day with no dialogue? A new record!