Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for August 05, 2016

Bunt.

Boy’s baseball caps look like WWII era German military hats.

Ishii or isn’t she going to pay tribute to Boo? Will Tru reach out to Barry? Will Del finally take responsibility for his actions? Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends.

Leisl takes strike two … points her bat to the left center field fence ….… and gets beaned.

P2- Mimi looking quite elfin

year two of no Milford CC…I doth protest!

That’s one stiff mullet Mimi’s sporting in P2. She must have bought some industrial strength hair spray from Del.

Leisl would have a much better chance of getting a hit in P3 if she took her backpack off.

In all reality , meanwhile while Barry sits by himself on the bench and Mimì coaches , Pedro drops by the Bader house and picks up Mom Bader on his way to the Thorps . " You know Mrs Bader ,You one hot tamale !"

I’m a little concerned about that pointy finger at the frosty baseball practice. No good can come of that.

Football practice starts Monday – and the Mudlarks are still playing Baseball-Softball.

It’s frosty because it’s almost fall of the year!

Leisel, by defiantly pointing to the rear, calling her own fowl ball, confuses the pitcher causing a four pitch walk, winning RBI. genius. Great coaching by Mimi.

Who’s pitching, that they’re down by only 1 run?

The chain link fencing much like this storyline is cut, jagged and in disrepair. BStatWhiz should be on the girls bench with his slide rule feeding Mimi vital probabilities.

I’m surprised they were able to play seven innings in all that fog.

P-1: It’s Milford, it’s the sixties, it’s a Mr. Frosty truck, I’ll have one.P-2: Uh, oh, misprint. They mean a Frog has lifted. Mimi explains why Leisl is frowning but encourages her.P-3: Cramping explains the narrow batting stance and odd posture. With the game on the line, a frog “lifting”, and a black armband, Leisl has blood in her eye.

P-1: Barry is focusing on his favorite Milford era TV show. Call me “Grasshopper”.

I once made a pair of free throws to win a basketball game. If only my coach had told me it was my moment, I would have appreciated it more.

If this story line continues into October or November, it probably will be a little frosty by then.

It’s August, right?

Does the kid pointing in panel one have seven fingers?

Being not a golf, tennis, or pro wrestling fan, I appreciate that the strip is going to roll directly from baseball to football. Wish Leisl were wearing 44.

Considering Milford’s timeline, shouldn’t Barry be a shortstop with Pee Wee Reese for his idol?

Mr. Bader gets sprung on bail and then True drives drunk and kills him. An eye for an eye. End of story arc….or it ought to be how it ends.

Leisl calls her shot— a pop foul to the catcher.

P1 – So I guess that blandly drawn person in the background is supposed to be Master Bader? Not much of a practice if half the team just lounges in the dugout.P2 – Mimi very happy, Leisl very mad for some reason.P3 – Leisl calls time in order to ensure that this storyline has a breather from the breakneck pace that’s been going on up to this point.And speaking of breakneck, don’t break your neck when you start howling with laughter from reading today’s Mopped Up Thorp.

Just read the color version. Considering the on going joke over the past few weeks……….. have you guys took a ‘hard’ look at panel one?

I looked at the color version on Arizona Republic page. They had Saturday’s strip up an hour before I usually see it here.