Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for July 01, 2016

Yeah, yeah, Ken is … (fill in the blanks)

Great, now Larry Arroyo is going to start sobbing.

In two panels, the baseball looks more like the size of a tennis ball…kinda small. No wonder he got charged with an error.

Del Bader sobriety test – Say Larry Arroyo Early Error fast five times while patting your stomach and rubbing your head.

In all reality , P 1 A hard ground ball to Barry Bader’s backup Larry " I’m Not Barry " hits him squarely in the chest stopping his heart , killing him . Suddenly , the sticky fingered Barry Bader is rushed to the game and all is forgiven by his teamates .

I guess Larry is the “big junior” that Young Master Bader “beat” out for the starting job at 2nd.

P2, the runner breaks his leg as home plate is torn from the ground on the slide.

Big Ken Brown, thinking of Young Master Bader, smashes the tennis ball (Thanks @dutchpuppy.) over the net for a home run.

Hard to blame Larry when he had an attack of EES right when he was trying to make the play.

P3- Vulcan high five practiced by Kenny Brown

Can we get out to Milford CC? Last year we had one day that Kaz and Gil screwed off and played, that was all. I hear they remodeled the showers, let’s go!

Contentious game I foresee. A rally Valley Tech will make. Said will be many cruel things. With class and dignity True will close. Skip off to Wake Forest he will after a shower.

Hmmm, all baseball action today. This is like a Gil Thorp strip from the good old days.

2B or not 2B? This is the question facing Barry and Larry.

@chiphilton: smiling ear to ear, bravo

@MOP: you win again, today’s name that tune is from Bye, Bye Birdie: “You’ve got mulatto living to do”.

Nah. Someone on Valley Tech has to yell something stupid referencing either Boo or Bader’s dad. Otherwise what was the point of Gil talking about hating that they were playing the “mouthy rivals”? It’s not like they would have written that for nothing, they always follow up on stuff like that. Oh wait, no they don’t.Okay, my prediction is that VT will say something stupid, beanballs will fly, a fight will break out, Ken Brown is just about to get clobbered from behind with a baseball bat, and out of nowhere Papa Bader hits the guy with a bat while driving drunk across the ballfield, saving the day. Cow judge has a change of heart since he saved her son and just gives him probation. Bader was able to drive because, um, he made bail, yeah, that’s it.

Is anyone else seeing anything weird when using the reply option here? When I do it today it puts a big “old English D” logo after “You’re replying to person’s comment:” Really odd, no idea where that’s coming from. And speaking of odd, today’s Mopped Up Thorp is only mildly odd. These no dialog strips are tough to work with sometimes.

I’m using Chrome which is pretty stable. Reply probably didn’t work for you because I deleted my original reply about what the problem might be and submitted a new one after it was resolved.

My daughter points out that what we thought of as EES in p1 actually looks more like Larry Arroyo is vomiting.

Must have been a lot of snow days in Milford for school to still be in session on 4th of July weekend. Next week’s wrap up should resolve all issues faster than a ’70’s sitcom.