Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for June 17, 2020

Not unlike a nearsighted tailor in a graveyard, they’ve lost the thread of this plot.

P2- Did the girls drop 3 in a row to 3 Valley opponents or to Madison? Two more weeks of filler and then the sandlot year of the year. I’m looking forward to golf with Tony Paul and his pal.

May I clothes out this thread?

In all reality , is that Taylor Swift I see, sorry fellows I have to bolt !

P1, Just as Jamila gets ready to run off on a skiing trip, she runs into Mimi.

P2, And falls out of contention for that coveted second-place finish in The Valley.

P3, Yeah, nobody is going to pay to watch that, Mr. Mayor.

Milford’s lack of depth exposed. Just as the writers’ lack of talent was long ago.

Is that supposed to be ’pheebs in P3, or just some smart-ass kid from the elementary school?

P 4: “…well that’s good, because you guys are horrible…the Keystone cops would whip you idiots…give it up now before you embarrass yourself even more than you did a few weeks ago, if that’s even possible….”

P1: “Doc says two to three weeks, then he’s going to try to fix the foot that was stepped on. He put this cast on the wrong foot as practice. In another couple of years, he should finish his correspondence medical school training unless there’s another Milford mail strike.”

P2: Number 7 slides into home, making a big splash in the puddle of water covering it. On closer examination, she realizes that it’s not water and it’s yellow.

P3: “I watched your practice yesterday. You owe me money.”

So many questions about P3. Who What Where Why

What was wrong with her arms? Mimi should have placed her on a stool and kept her out to pitch.

I’m pretty sure the girl in P3 is the Tatum O’Neil character from Bad News Bears. She’s going to pitch for the reform school and throw a no hitter against Milford.

P3- Must be a flashback to June 2017 when they were in middle school.

P1 – Mimi signals for a left turn of her head.

P2 – Must be an away game, based on the color version. This field actually has a dirt infield, as opposed to Milford’s putting green surface.

P3 – Okay, “no charge for that” is a joke, fine. But “and there never will be”? That sounds really stupid. Like why would that even be a thing?

And speaking of things, we don’t see Thing in today’s strip, but if you’ve got a thing for Mopped Up Thorp, just go here:

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

Now that I’ve read the comments – is that actually a girl in P3? I assumed it was a guy, and I was going to predict where this was going. He’s either this stud pitcher with potential major league talent that will fan 18 Mudlarks in the pickup game, or he’s a stud hitter who will hit 3 home runs and lead them to an upset.

Now if it is a girl, I guess she would still play, a la Tatum O’Neal as someone above predicted. But If she ends up being more talented than any of the boys on either team, then I’ll need my protégé to come and clean up the floor after I get sick.

I hope that picture Mimi took in panel one comes out alright. The way her left eye flashed it looks like the picture might be washed out.