Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for August 10, 2016

Bueller?

I guess the Mudlarks will either forfeit or play with eight men in the field.

Was Bader even AT school today? If he was absent, he wouldn’t be eligible to participate in the game anyway, at least not unless the rules have changed over the years. How about you, Gil? Did YOU talk to Bader today?

I guarantee the backup shortstop can handle second base. If that is unsatisfactory, call up a kid from the JV. By this point in the season the JV players are all juniors. They’re ready.

By the way, if Barry is dead, Rubin and Whigham have taken this story line too far.

Not in my state it’s not, Chip; heck, if you were absent for any reason at all, you can’t participate in extracurriculars period, never mind sports.

In all reality , Barry went to Queen of Martyrs church to light a candle for Larry’’s mother and say a novena to St Jude for himself.

When I was in high school, every teacher got an attendance report around the third period. Gil must have been at Milford CC teaching golf to the kids that escaped from school in June. Sorry, Bitsy.

P4- GilPa sends BStatWhiz with a dollar for gas, on his moped to pick up Young Bader. With a pocketful of placebos and an orange flag mounted on the bike, this odd couple embarks onward to Tilden….

Random answers for Gil In P2: Why would today be any different, coach?

He’s taking matters into his own hands, coach.

I heard he ended up in a sticky situation.

Yeah, he’s coming to grips with a few things.

Somebody said he was beat.

Right, he’s trying to pull himself together.

He’s got his hands full, coach.

It just tugs at your heartstrings.

This just in! Tru(e) Standish, Wake Forest’s top recruit, will be redshirted this season so that Milford High can finish their baseball season. Sorry again, Bitsy.

Please, just one smart aleck on the bus to say, “I think I saw Kerri and Jami talking to him around lunch time.” (Sorry, but it’s been so long since the kids have been in the strip I’m not sure if I’m spelling their names correctly.)

Bader’s gonna off himself. Another teenage death.Take THAT, Batiuk.

Gil, doing his best Godfather imitation in P3.

Wow! I Didn’t know that Gil actually went to the games, much less ride the team bus….

Hiss, hiss, booooo hiss

The Mudlarks have adopted the “If we ignore him maybe he’ll go away” strategy. Maybe that would work with a certain commenter on this board?

@Brown Starfish: your list of replies -BRAVO (yes, all caps)P-1: The team tries to show support for Barry’s dad by “loading up” for Tilden and the ingrate doesn’t even show up.P-2: at least this is a realist view of High school jocks; the coach has to yell Hey to get their attention.P-3: Gil subtly lays a guilt trip on Tru.P-4: Barry got detention for disrespect. The Science teacher asked about the Center of the Universe and Barry answered.

P3 Capiche

The way Gil ‘father’ is holding that right hand up in panel three his dialog should be something like: “it will be most unfortuitous for youse guys if Bader does not show up……. kapish?”

The mudlark trainer needs to order a case of Rogaine, all of the stress of this season is causing a balding epidemic!

So the whole thing with Arroyo was just another unnecessary extension of this story arc? I’m convinced that Rubin and Whigham are now just toying with us, as the story arc won’t end until next spring.

Red Rover, Red Rover, let Bader be run over. Get it, Coach? Get it? Coach? Coach? Does the term Utility Infielder have no meaning anymore? After all, it’s Milford.

P-3: Shame on the dialog type setter. They missed the space between any and body.

Aren’t there any bible-thumper students on the team? Someone could bring up the “least of these” passage from Matthew 25 without ACLU filing a lawsuit.

MUT: Will tomorrow’s installment have a peacock head in MB’s bed or will Tru deliver a Big Mouth Bass wrapped in a newspaper?