Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for June 10, 2022

Some nervous batters will be stepping into the box… Maybe the other coach will even pull his team.

Looks as though Charisss is ready to fess up!

Stand your ground Gil!! Let’s keep this absolutely ridiculous storyline going!

I’m going to need more hands for this facepalm.

Team bonds after ump declares forfeit? What say you, posters?

The ump can’t toss a player? Of course he can.

I smell an ADA lawsuit coming.

Later, Gil Thorp gets run by the ump for “using a certain word that’s a no-no with umpires..”

;-)

P1- Gil looks and feels splendid in his garish red disco looking drawers complete with fancy black piping.

P3: But I can make you pull my finger

Heather’s about to blow the lid off this whole scandal. Gig with ESPN to follow

Look Thorp , in all reality , you’re out a here ,now Git !

For guest umpire Larry the Cable Guy, he’s probably not on top of the rules as he’s thinking about that stand up performance later this evening at the Central City Auditorium.

One more umpire who thinks people go to the games to watch him abuse his authority.

P1 The ump spontaneously breaks into the chicken dance as Gil finally arrives at the game after interrupting his round at Milford CC after Kazzzz’s call letting him know that the ump needed to request that he actually coach

“I can’t see, I can’t see!” “What’s wrong?” “I’ve got my eyes closed!”

P4 “If you’re not ejecting my pitcher, how can you make me take him out?”

“How can you have your pudding if you don’t eat your meat?”

P1 is Gil making a rude gesture with his left hand as the ump instructs him to take Gregggg out of the game?

And here I was thinking this story line, and Gil, couldn’t get any dumber.

P4: Heather “don’t call me Brenda Starr” Burns begins penning her breaking story for the Milford Star about rampant stupidity and the lack of coaching at MHS. Or she’s writing her resignation letter and is booking a flight to get as far away from this strip as possible.

“He hasn’t even hit anyone”. Gilpa turns to the opposing dugout, winks, and says “yet”

P-4: (Greggg) Well…I got betta

We need Frank Drebin to toss the umpire out of the game.

Today’s mystery: How did the Umpire gain 40 pounds between yesterday’s strip and today?

P 4: “…on second thought, you’re right… so he’s gone and so are you…”

Gil arguing with an ump? That’s a first

Of course, the ump has facial hair

P1: The uump orders Ggil to remove Ggreg from the game.

P2: The uump denies that he is ejecting Ggreg.

Reminds me of the former Iraqi information minister: “There are no American tanks here,” as you can see them behind him in the camera shot.

Today’s cameo by Louis CK. This could get interesting.

P 3, Heather thought balloon as she writes: “… coach thorp sticks up for his blind pitcher while risking the safety of any opposing batters he faces…”

I’ve been thinking Gil has been asleep at the wheel and oblivious to everything or in other words his normal self, but now I think he’s been part of this all along.

Heather like a fly on the fence gets her lede

I wonder how much a gallon of gas is at Joe Jarbo’s gas station these days?

Amazing how opposing coaches and umpires can instantly tell what Gregggg’s problem is, yet Gillll and Kazzzz coached dozens of practices and games and never had even one tiny clue that anything was wrong. And speaking of tiny clues, here’s a tiny clue that today’s Mopped Up Thorp is online. Well, actually it’s a big clue, because I’m just coming out and telling you it’s there.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

P 4: “… yes coach, that ball was four feet outside but your catcher told him to throw inside and brush him back, so that means he can’t see…”

Gillll really messed up big time. If only he would have saved that permission slip from Gregggg’s eye doctor, he could have showed that to the ump and the ump would have said, “Oh, okay, carry on!”

“And no rule says you can make me pull him” “So there!”