Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for April 03, 2024

Will he do like Charlie Brown and balk?

I don’t think Luke mentioned having una taza de café in the big leagues before

Take me out to the sh!t show, take me out to the crowd…

Yeah Luke, it wasn’t you blowing off your manager or that next pitch that’s still orbiting earth that punched your ticket out of the bigs. It was that d@mn tendonitis.

Nice Vin Scully impression.

Weekly Zoom:

Henry: “Rod, make sure that dream-sequence Luke pitches with a fanny pack on.”

Rod: “Wait, how about a colostomy bag?”

Henry: “Even better!”

A slimmed down Tommy Lasorda wants to bring in Hideo Nomo.

Dodgers’ unis don’t have stripes. And “Tommy” would’ve been wearing white baseball pants too.

Whoa Dream Weaver. I believe you can get me through this plot.

You can’t blame Luke for not giving the ball to the other team’s manager

At least this dream doesn’t involve Jami with elf ears or Gil with vampire teeth

Dear Henry: The pitcher doesn’t have a choice when the manager asks for the ball, and every pitcher knows that LONG before they get to the Major Leagues.

Gonna need a visa to catch this one.

‘95 Dodgers, eh? While Ramon Martinez anchored the staff, he wasn’t a true ace. It was good to get back to the postseason after the disaster that was ’92.

I thought Luke was a basketball star in college, not baseball. All Pac-10, so he said.

Speaking as a Dodger fan…oh geez. The unis, Tommy’s lack of a belly, Vin broadcasting for NBC…how hard is it to check these things?

Called it… maybe.

luke stop grinding your teeth

could gil be flying over the staduim with a banner that says we want a pitcher not a bellyitcher

Why is he wearing a pineapple in P3? Why am I still spending time on this strip? Life’s great mysteries.

P-4: It all becomes clear when we find out Gil Thorp is now Pinch Hitting!

What the H-e-double hockey sticks is going on here? I thought yesterday he said he “almost” went pro.

Also, Vin Scully (if that’s who this is supposed to be) left NBC after 1989.

P2- Even the giant yellow aliens are watching from outside the stadium.

I’m guessin that tomorrow, Luke gives up a granny, blames it on the tendinitis in his throwing arm, and then gets cussed out and cut by Tommy.

Wow! Luke hasn’t changed one bit. Was he born with that goatee?

I must say that’s a very good drawing of a pitching motion. And speaking of drawing, word on the street is Mopped Up Thorp is drawing a lot of attention.

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P5: “OWWW! MY TENDONITIS!”

Notice all the headlights beyond the stadium? Many of the Dodgers “faithful” left early to beat the traffic, just like when Gibson hit his pinch hit World Series game winner.

At least someone’s playing baseball.

I can’t believe what I just saw.

A baseball Dream Sequence, and no Susan Sarandon??

My P-1 through P-3 comments didn’t make the cut.

“You’re the best, Vin! We miss you!”

P2- Is Vin Scully holding a peacock or Partridge Family logo mic? C’mon Luke! Get sappy!

Luke waves off the sign from the manager.

Yeah, that doesn’t look like Tommy LaSordid.

What’s with the random circles and ovals?

Just looked up PEDRO Martinez in 1995. First, in 1995 he was with Montreal, not LA. And it was a relatively poor (for him) season: Only 14-10, with 3.51 ERA. Are Pedro and our current coach related?

We have peacock.