Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for December 23, 2016

Aaron Aagard can be a handful to guard? I hope he isn’t another Barry Bader, who was also quite a handful.

The girls call Aaron “Phone Book” because he always comes first.

Ken Brown is 6’4"? REALLY? (scoffs)

I like how Gil has to consult his clipboard to remember the names of his players.

So Pete de Windt is a tight end who plays guard in basketball? And Kevin Pelweckie is a lineman who plays second base? Pretty unusual athletes they have in Milford,

In all reality , P 1 Gil strikes a very odd pose while answering Marjies questions . It’s nice that Paul Beauregard volunteers at the Milford VA Hospital but what does that have to do with basketball ?

Gil, showing Ms. Doochy the 2 fingers he’ll be using on her shortly in P1. Or is that just his Jack Benny pose again?

P2, And over here we have the showers. Care to learn a little more about the team, Margie? Also, the rapidly balding kid at the ball rack seems to have his sports confused. Stop looking for the holes in the ball, this is basketball not bowling. See Margie, that’s what they call coaching.

With A Quad and BKB rebounding, Pete can be gone with DeWindt with the outlet passes for easy layups.

Good old Pete DeWindt. Always solid.Well, not his collarbone, but let’s not dwell.

What does Gil know about solid? He hasn’t had a solid movement in years.

WTH is Austin Shuford and Max “Just Throw Me the Damn Ball” Ortiz?" Granger is a catcher on the Baseball team. Another unique kid in Milford. I can hear Marty now. “Hic, Granger on the wing, hic. He drives, hic, hic. Get, got it, good. B-B-B-URP!!!”

I smell a state championship for the Mudlarks.

OK, Thorp. You’re on my list. How do you justify, let alone brag about, one of your bully players pushing around Vets just cause he’s big? Why, I oughta… @kdizzle: well played…

@ The Brown Starfish: maybe he thinks those a Bochi Balls for giants.

Someone count the basketballs now and again at the end of practice. The way that kid is caressing the ball in P2 makes me worry about what he’ll do to it later. And speaking of practice, by now you should have developed the practice of reading Mopped Up Thorp every day:

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

@MUT: Do you think he wants to “palm” it? Someone should tell him balling is a euphemism?

Ellis, go get your shine box and sit with JCheezWhiz, you are on probation sir!

Whiz, be careful…I have laid off for the past year in the spirit of your recovery, don’t tempt me again