Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for April 11, 2019

Why does she have a typewriter on her head in panel two?

What coach has a player wave her off? Mimi looks like she’s pleading with the catcher.

Remember when Charlie Brown was pitching in a championship game and balked twice?

P1, Mimi and Jocelynn using cryptic hand signals to communicate.

P2, The shortstop and center fielder don’t seem to have a care in the world. Hell, they’re not even facing the plate.

P3, And you’re pitching against the freakin’ Mighty Bunnies, how hard can it be?

I’d be nervous around a 6 foot tall girl with zombie eye.

Mighty Bunnies is that an oxymoron or is it just me. Let’s see what these little Cotton Tails have with the game on the line.

P1- Big Ken Brown’s sister Jocelynn is much more bolder as catcher than Coach Glory’s favorite, Tracee Hamilton. If only R & W wrote in the bubble, “I got this Coach. I’ll make it happen.”

2-6-3 double play coming up.

So what I am saying is, Lose the screwball, ‘cause you know I can’t catch it.

Hats are optional on the softball team?

Milford….where the men are men and the sheep are nervous

P1: I thought Mimi was signaling for her to adjust her girls. P3: Sticking your finger in her face probably won’t help with her nerves. Perhaps an icy cold Hoo?

What the? A new edition of Mopped Up Thorp? That was unexpected. Sorry cuttersjock, no shower references, so you can just skip it.

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1-COACH: Get out there and tell Stretch to throw her slow slider curve change-up. CATCHER: OK Coach.2-CATCHER: Coach says she’d like you to throw a strike once in a while. STRETCH: Well I’d like the kid playing third base over there to face the batter but we can’t all get what we want I guess.3-CATCHER: You ever think she’s maybe intimidating the batter by doing that? Like “you can’t hit what Stretch throws so I’m not even going to worry about you”. STRETCH: Nah, I think she’s just stupid. CATCHER: Yeah. Me too

Yeah…. stupid sounds about right to me too.

A rookie pitcher that throws heat?…yeah, they should be nervous…nervous about getting beaned in the head

So Jocelynn settles down Jamila to induce the game-ending DP grounder, but Linda and Molly aren’t on speaking terms or maybe Linda is just too tired to cover or make a good throw, and the ball ends back up in the outfield somewhere and three runs come across.