Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for May 26, 2018

That chain-link fence doesn’t offer much protection. He could get smashed in the face by a foul tip.

Is that some sort of secret handshake between Gil and Jorge?

In all reality , Jorge sings in Spanish the Itsy Bitsy Spider to Gil .

Bader serves the 2nd game of his suspension by again rubbing up an agitated baseball. A parallel of this story rubbing GilPa fanatics the wrong way. Where is the happy ending?

George es lanzo muy malo. Maybe he ate too many tacos.

P-1: No wonder the other team is shelling him. Is that some new form of P.R. Yoga?

P-2: Unlike this story, Jorge doesn’t last long.

P-3: See, Barry? It’s about the team, not you. R&W unleash Aesop on the bloggers.

Hmmmm Oakwood Todd went there 35 years ago & retired 20 yrs ago. That makes mentor Gil about 88 now.

C’mon Kevin, hit a six run home run!

P1: MM sez “Padilla didn’t earn his tacos today!”

Milford has the tallest pitching staff in the league I guess. Other than that shrimp 5’11" Van Auken, check out Padilla. P2 suggests he’s 6’7" minimum. And yeah, if you can fit your whole body through all of the openings in a chain link fence, it’s probably not right.

Jorge obviously didn’t rub enough possum fat on the ball today.

Oh I hope Kevin gets the launch angle correct!

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You can tell Padilla was really off today. He can’t even hit Gil’s palm with the baseball when handing it off.

Is that Big Ken Brown trying to make things happen?