Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for May 07, 2012

It might be no surpise that the game was postponed, but it’s definitely a surpise that Mimi’s speech is slurred before the cocktail hour even begins.

And is this only the first of many losses the baseball team will aborb?

Yowsers! Derek Tolan, grandson of former Cincinnati Red centerfielder Bobby Tolan, is a lefty like grandpa. P1: If the ’Larks can beat the Oaks next time, I smell a sponsorship for game 3 by Oakwood Tires, the rubber match.

A Saturday game? Who will look after little Butterball on a weekend?

Looks like Derek has a real “free and easy” pitching motion. Either that or he just lobs the ball to the plate a la coach pitch.

I’m a little unclear about that player in the background in P1. I’m not sure if he is the world’ s biggest outfielder in a small outfield, or if he is a shortstop playing deep, and I can’t figure out what he’s trying to look at. No wonder Milford let this one slip away. On another topic, rumor has it those Oakwood Tires really grip in the rain. I bet Mimi wishes she had a set.

In a comic that only has 18 panels a week, I am surprised one of them is wasted on a rain delay. Tomorrow, maybe we will see Coach Thorp combing his hair. The rain delay must hold some key in the current plot line, like a soggy field, or high grass on the diamand due to heavy spring rains. On a side note, Tolan’s delivery in P1 seems a little weak.

There’s nothing more foul than a bunch of wet Mudlarks.

Kaz, I’m thinking postponing from a Friday to a Saturday plays into something. Maybe his father’s weekend to watch him.