Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for April 29, 2015

Is that monstrous appendage a thumb? Not only that, but, uh, Gil seems to have a testicular wrist.

Research shows it’s a very rare condition, best known from the Perry Mason episode “The Case of the Testicular Wrist.”

Well, I promised yesterday, so here goes: to Trooper10 and anyone else who can’t wrap heads around the snark we deliver in the comments … it’s what we do. If you can’t stand it, I invite you to exercise intelligent discretion and DON’T READ THE COMMENT SECTION. (That being said, what the heck? You’re reading comic strips and you’re driven wild by us creating our own humor here? This is the sort of the thing that News of the Weird puts in its “Unclear On The Concept” section.)

Ravenswing, you are correct sir. Trooper10, grow a sense of humor, please.

HooDad, a relatively short hostage watch this time. Are they in a jail cell in P1? Ballard? That’s a new one isn’t it?

I guess “sports smart” and “drive to Hawaii” smart are two different things.

P1 features one of Gil’s favorite behind-the-desk poses. See http://www.gocomics.com/gilthorp/2015/03/30

“creating our own humor here”…We’re waiting for the humor………….

Okay, so you’re not nervous about baseball, but are you nervous about having a foot on your arm where your left hand should be?

I hope this inning at Ballard lasts 10 days!15 Basket Ball Season

Kaz is back from his role in the remake of “Roadhouse.” Gil- I’m hoping to get him an inning at Ballard? The ‘Larks are taking a roadie to the Derby City to play the Ballard Bruins? Is Kenny Brown’s nickname Tru(ly) Downtown? I’m nervous because I have expectations and questions.

How does Milford afford that bus for the baseball team? It’s larger than the Grateful Dead’s. And speaking of affording, you can’t afford to miss today’s Mopped Up Thorp.

In all teality, Gil has taught True how to load up a spitter, the Efus pitch, a knuckle ball and a submarine delivery .

It’s true about getting nervous and expectations. Which is why reading this strip puts me in a state of zen-like calm to start my day.

That is quite the bus. I bet it even has an eight-track player, stereo speakers, and will pick up signals on this thing called FM radio.

Wow! What a great coach! Yesterday Tru(E) couldn’t tell the difference between a golf ball and a baseball. Five second talk with Sir Gil and now he’s ‘coming around!’. From panel three sounds like he’s the opening day starting pitcher too. Wasn’t there a basketball player named Greg Ballard back some time ago? Maybe the school is named for him.

P2- Ballard? The Valley Conference has a school named for legendary sitcom actress Kaye Ballard?

I taught him a new technique. Mimi teaches her girls the same thing, all the time. It’s an underhand windmill.

The bus only looks big because these are only baseball players, not those huge state champ footballers with all their pads.

And if reading this strip has taught me anything, it’s to not have any expectations.

P2 — Again with the full frame Gil Head???

P 3 — “Now we got country and western on the bus R and B, we got disco in eight tracks and cassettes in stereo We’ve got rural scenes & magazines We’ve got truckers on the CB We’ve got Richard Pryor on the video We got time to think of the ones we love While the miles roll away But the only time that seems too short Is the time that we get to play”(apologies to Jackson Brown)