Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for April 13, 2022

Can he see the strike zone? How about home plate? Gregg Hamm could give up a lott of walkks this season.

And Gregg couldn’t just tell Coach about this?

Wait til they learn he’s actually 50 years old.

Gregggg is either extremely arrrrogant thinking he can and will get away with deciding what pitches to make, or he suffers from a rare malady where the catchers hand indistinctly blends into the nether regions when giving the sign

Aren’t you giving “coach” Thorp a little too much credit there, Gregggg?

Does Gregg look like a 40 year old guy with that hair to anyone else?

He needs a pair of Ryne Duren glasses.

And the coaches find out I’m really 40 years old.

P 3: “.. sluuuuurrrrrp…”

Is Gregg a freshman (sure doesn’t look like one)? Otherwise wouldn’t the coaches have discovered his “secret” before he got to the varsity?

“Wild Thing” blaring over the PA as Gregg warms up.

Ahhh. Nothing like an underwhelming cup of Sanka at the Copywrite Cafe. Maybe Wilson Henry will paint his fingernails so Greggy can see his digits. Or Scooter can shadow 2nd before the pitch, check Wilson’s signal and give young Hamm code for which pitch to throw.

Genius! Word gets out he can’t see, opposing hitters: fodder. Didn’t see this coming.

Maybe they can watch some old Houston Astro game vids and figure out a way to see the signs for not only their pitches but their opponents pitches as well.

They asked for Gregg, but they got Steve Martin instead.

That explains his 1.2 GPA.

P 4: “…relax …..grandpa….”

Wild Thing! You make my heart sing!

I hate this f***ing song.

C’mon gang! It took this long to comment that since it’s his first start, he’s green. That’s right Green Greggs & Ham

Believe me I play old man baseball and a lot of the guys can’t make out the fingers the catcher throws down, There are other ways to relay signs. Touch a knee or shoulder.Fist or flat, Put the glove on the ground or knee. tape their fingers with colored tape, Etc. Hopefully the the guy doesn’t have a 6 pitch arsenal. Even then the catcher would need 2 hands to relay the signs.

How have you been pronouncing “Nomar” when you read it? I’ve been thinking “no more”.

From today’s Comics Curmudgeon:

“My eyesight is failing! I’ve got grey hair! I’m 55 years old! I can’t believe all of you think I’m a high school student!”

I was confused at first read because I legitimately thought the guy in P3 was Scooooter’s dad. Assuming that’s Scooooter in P2. But then who is the girl? That ain’t Charissss. And speaking of who, who wants to read today’s Mopped Up Thorp?

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

Until a few days ago, if I clicked on the notification telling my that there was a reply to one of my comments, it uncollapsed the replies and scrolled me there. Not anymore. Anyone else having this issue?