Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for May 30, 2022

No problem. Helmet’s too much for you, you can just sit on the bench and rot. Or hey, the girls’ tennis team needs a manager, hey?

“Now pitching … Colonel Bleep”

So let me get this straight. Gregg is going blind but still wants to play baseball. He can’t see, but apparently can still pitch. But can’t find the ball to field hits. So Gilpas solution is to let him continue to pitch, just wear a helmet in case the batter hits a line drive. And who protects the opposing batters when Wild Thang Gregg is pitching? Would the state HS sports authority allow this? I think not. This strip has definitely gone waaaaay past anything remotely resembling reality. Which is really sad as the original Gil Thorp actually had some very good stories. Of course that was several decades ago.

In all reality , Hey Gregg , why don’t you start a hockey team ? The players all wear helmets with face shields and talk with funny accents, Aye .

Today’s quiz: P-2- How does he know what it feels like to wear a watermelon?

This plot line goes one of 2 ways:

1) Greggggg throws a perfect game, and in the aftermath, Mr. Hammmmm is killed by the Goshen Clowns gang because of a 1993 drug deal gone bad.

2) Greggggg gets killed by a line drive that hits him square in the heart, and is buried next to Neil Cray. The Goshen Clowns kill Mr. Hammmmm at the funeral because of a 1993 drug deal gone bad.

Either way, Mr. Hammmmm dies.

Just when I thought this story couldn’t get any stupider.

Very True.. On a side note: Armed Forces Day is for those still in uniform. Veteran’s Day is for those who hung up their uniform.Memorial Day is for those who never made it out of their uniform.

P4- Greg: Hey Scooter. How ’bout I throw BP to you. You can work on your swing. Pad up pal.

Interesting, one of the authors is now responding(a little) to our comments

Unfortunately, the helmet is designed to keep softballs from hitting people in the face. A baseball, being smaller, will fit in that opening. Gil will realize that when they cart Gregg off the field.

Awwww, he’ll be all right Chip. What are the odds Greggg will get Herb Scored with a come backer?

The way he is fondling that helmet, you would think he loves it.

Gil don’t really care about anyone’s safety. He just wants Gregg to wear this s*** for his own amusement.

The softball players would wonder where the mask went, if they actually had a team this year. Instead, they’re all just knocking back, watching tennis and sipping 1/3 cans of hard seltzer.

P1.5 “Now will you just take your finger and jammmm it as hard and deep into my left eye to gouge it out so we can end my humiliation and embarrassment, plus R&W’s for this stupid story arc…c’mon Scoooter, be a friend , do it, put me out of my misery, help me get out of this strip and on with my life as a sightless person

You think that helmet is uncomfortable? Wait until you insert that steel cup into your jockstrap.

Looks like the carrots didn’t work.

Maybe Greggg’s Dad should shave that silly goatee and wear this mask instead. “Bad eyesight! I wear this protective face gear because I keep bumping into things. It’s been a life-saver!”

A kid in my high school wore a batting helmet all the time and I don’t think he even played baseball. I didn’t know him, but I assumed his brain wasn’t safely ensconced in his skull like the rest of us, as opposed to it just being his signature look, like that kid in Fat Albert with the lampshade over his eyes or the guy in Bazooka Joe with the turtleneck over his mouth or the girl in Bob’s Burgers with the rabbit ears.

It’s a MIRACLE that he’s with the one coach in all of America that would let him pitch despite his condition. And he’s still all pissy about wearing that bike helmet. Hey, remember early in this season, how important it was to know about Scooter working on his bunting? And the fact that his girlfriend was on the tennis team? What’s that? Neither development will ever be mentioned again? Well that’s rare for this strip. Not.

And speaking of not, it’s not likely that you’d pass up an opportunity to read today’s issue of Mopped Up Thorp.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

I smell a new Musical: Phantom of the Pitcher’s Mound

Looks like maybe he bit someone and has to wear the muzzle.

It still doesn’t solve the problem of how Gregg can’t see the signals, nor has the problem of bills hit to him