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1. 9 days ago on Gil Thorp

   Just saw his 6/25 comment about how he feels sorry for [certain commentators]. Was tempted to reply that such feelings also flow in the opposite direction. But I am not sure if “feeling sorry for” is the proper phrase in that case……

2. 15 days ago on Gil Thorp

   I agree. There are two kinds of fiction: reality fiction and fantasy fiction (for lack of better terms). The current writer’s [cough, cough] background is in the second kind when this strip was (and should always be, IMO) of the first.

   I commented a few days ago on the .751 batting average. That issue is just another symptom of the infection this strip is suffering from-the writer [eyeroll] won’t/can’t take the time to make things plausible and just throws out the first thing that comes to mind. Perhaps I am old fashioned, but if it were me writing this, I would have taken the time to reverse engineer a batting average that worked in the real world.

3. 16 days ago on Gil Thorp

   It is irritating, isn’t it? This never would have happened during any of our games. [Insert something about fiction not having to be grounded in reality.]

4. 17 days ago on Gil Thorp

   I did a quick check. Smallest number of AB’s I could get was 169. If she went 127 for 169, her BA would be .751479, which would round to .751.

   You are correct in that the extra .001 is difficult to hit even with rounding.

   It seems to be that 169 ABs would be EXTREMELY high for high school. Being generous and rounding up to 5 per game, that gives about 34 games for a season that lasts about 10 weeks. Do they even have time for practice???

5. about 1 month ago on Gil Thorp

   see also my reply to our esteemed writer above.

6. about 1 month ago on Gil Thorp

   Boys talking about relationship problems DURING A GAME OR PRACTICE! So unbelievable! I bet the writer has never even been on a sports team before! Sheesh!

7. about 2 months ago on Gil Thorp

   The esteemed [cough, cough] writer would reply to your observation with “Saying there’s not enough Gil Thorp in Gil Thorp is like saying there isn’t enough Ted Lasso in Ted Lasso.” and then give your comment the brush off.

8. about 2 months ago on Gil Thorp

   There would be hell to pay if we were caught engaging in such talk during a game. We knew that and the coaches knew we knew that. (I posted a similar comment as a reply above.)

   But we are told this is fiction and has no basis in reality. [sighs]

9. about 2 months ago on Gil Thorp

   The first (and only) time something like this happened, every practice between this game and the next would have ended with “bonus” running and depending on the coach’s mood, the, uh, unfocused players would be invited to remove themselves from the team.

10. 2 months ago on Gil Thorp

    But you can still make a black and white movie, a silent one even. Color and sound gave directors more options to explore their craft, making this a good change.

    To keep the analogy going, this strip’s change would be like the movie Psycho being remade to consist of nothing but short disjointed stories about Hitchcock himself as he filmed the movie. Not all changes are good.