Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for April 30, 2015

How would one know that the bloop single “capped” the rally while still in the midst of the rally? Are we readers not “watching” the game live?

Ballard sure has a nicer press box than Milford. A quick Google search shows that Skynet is a synthetic intelligence that is the villain of the Terminator movies. (It also shows my ignorance.) Why would they advertise in Ballard?

I agree chiphilton. That might be the nicest press box Marty ever drank in. I sure hope the Ballard Mallards can hit or this could be over in 5.

I also can’t wait for the soundtrack from this week to be released on K-TEL Records. I’ll be first in line at the Milford Waxy Maxy’s.

Show of hands for anyone who doesn’t think that Tru(e) will walk four guys and allow six runs in the next inning.

Good to see Marti, he’s been quiet for some time, given the fact that he has been a thorn in the Thorps side for several decades!BONK

Is it actually a rally when YOU are the visiting team, batting first to begin the game? I suppose we the readers are to assume the "Larks go quietly after the bloop single. Good one Brown Starfish. I haven’t thought of the K-Tel record commercials for years. Of course, for those with busy lifestyles, our favorite hit songs are available in 8-Track tapes also.

A bonk and a bloop at Ballard, and a base by Bowers. Methinks the alliteration fairy got a little giddy on this go round.

In all reallity , despite Gil’s best efforts to teach True how to pitch it will be True wearing Mrs Boo’s garter belt that will make the difference.

Is broadcasting high school games a “thing”? Where?

Looks like if either one of them would have dived in panel three they could have caught that one.

Advertising revenue, upgraded press box – Ballard putting the Milford High Athletics Department to shame. Maybe if he spent some time at work he could compete. I wonder if Tru will throw a football again after Tommy John surgery?

t-car1: Dive? How about stick out a glove? Any of you guys goin to the sock hop after the game? For Boo’s theme song I nominate the old 60’s hit “Rebel”. See the way (s)he walks down the street, see the way (s)he shuffles her feet…

Skynet?? of course, they’ll be (come) back. P-1 the ball is bursting through the sign. I know because the only line drawn to show the ball’s path is from that jagged hole. If it had bounced off the sign wouldn’t there be two path lines? We all know how well this strip is drawn.

Skynet? Does this mean the aliens are actually machines from our own future?

Not to be critical of the artwork, but most of the times that the ball hits the wall on the fly, it usually doesn’t BONK up, but bounces downward. Hopefully, this comment doesn’t get me flagged as being negative toward the comic strip!

I kind of liked the Skynet reference.

So I take it the Pascoe mini-drama is over and we’re just left with “True learns to pitch” and “Boo plays her divorced parents against each other”, plus the possible revelation of where she got her nickname? And I swear if anyone says it’s from “To Kill a Mockingbird” I’m going to lose it.

Finally, BitsyTwill’s last comment caps a 35-comment day.

As President of the BitsyTwill Fan Club, I concur that her comment must be the last one…wait…oops!

SERENITY NOW!!!

Yeah, I was thinking Boo’s name was from a book too. Also, I suspect Max was getting placebos during basketball season.

@EB and MopmanIt wasn’t ME talking, it was the voice of the prescient narrator from P3 who knows the rally is over before the inning ends. You can’t talk about yourself in third person if you’re not the first person to begin with!

And … I’m ashamed that it took all the way down to SweetG to notice the whacko physics. Mopman, you’ve done yourself proud in MUT.