Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for March 13, 2012

Storyline prediciton – teen pregnancy, Darby has a wee one but makes it work and eventually joins the team to lead them to the title.

Could warming up a pitcher make you a good catcher? What about all those guys in the majors who sit out in the bullpen until relief pitchers need someone to throw to?

I don’t think it’s teen pregnancy. I suspect those mysterious bracelets that suddenly appear on her wrists when she’s about to pitch are an illegal distraction to the hitter.

Derek “Slim” Chance has graduated and is playing honky tonks, Rob Grillo gone. Cortez Beecher, the best Milford athlete since Jarvis White should have a HUGE Spring. Bring on baseball! Gil should “steal” a sprinter from the track squad to pinch run ala, Herb Washington from the Oakland A’s in the 1970’s.

I think we’ve already got more drama and intrigue in these first two softball strips than we had with three months of tattoos. It’s going to be a good Spring season.

Who’s the dad? Kaz? That would add a nice twist.

What is the over/under on days until the token boy’s baseball line-up panel introducing us to the characters for baseball season? Or will the boy’s baseball team go the way of the girl’s basketball team and be a non-issue and we’ll focus on girl’s softball the next three months?

Boy, I hope somehow Amanda ends up joining the team this spring. But what are the odds, pretty long I’m sure.

Amanda was on “Biggest Loser,” dropped 400 pounds.

Is is the ball or Darby’s hand that keeps changing size?

Maybe a lesbian plot line in its earliest stages?

Much innuendo…

Stukuls, I was thinking the same thing when Amanda said we’ve spent so much time together. Kinda like the hitting on the same team. But now I really think it’s about unwed school girl mother.

Maybe she’s had health issues. Cancer, diabetes, heart problems or such.

Heck, I’m surprised these girls are even able to get up and move around after the horrendous form on their stretching exercises yesterday. Absolutely verbotten! Thorp should be fired immediately for allowing his staff to teach such poor stretching form!

Yeah, gotta be a teen mother storyline … could be interesting.

….and Marshall Lopat is the father and he was flashing a tatoo of the baby! That’s it, brilliant!

Yes, latent homosexuality is a big part of this strip, but the key is, it’s always latent.

Actually a wed high school student woudl be more fun

They are talking about “pitching” and “catching”!