Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for June 07, 2021

P1: Sure, the sun is shining in the sky, but where’s the ball? Is that why the pitcher is steamed?

Krak is being found on the Milford baseball team…Marty demands his share.

P2 The MoonMan provides color commentary for the three people in his listening audience. Does anybody actually know a place where HS Baseball games are broadcast?

In the recent days, we have had WAP! Now KRAK! What’s the favorite cartoon character of the Milford stoner? El KA-BONG!

Call me Gonzo (d***it!) is heaving the pill, which is gateway to the KRAK

Is “Dandy” Gonzolo Aceves wearing a first baseman’s mitt, awkwardly? Hope they don’t hit a comebacker, it could put an eye out. And why is he using a cueball?

P2, Why would Marty’s crap shack need a window that isn’t facing the field?

P3, But breaks his ankle on the swing.

Zane strikes a might blow! CK has been coaching him to visualize the ball as being Abe’s head.

CK has secretly been coaching Zane and tells him to “picture the face of Katy or her dad, whichever works best for you, on the ball as it’s coming in…”

Gonzo could throw harder if he wasn’t using a ping pong ball

homer and a save. Zane’s back baby

If that’s the crack of the bat meeting the ball, shouldn’t it be CRACK! rather than KRAK!?

Strange weather events in Milford today. Gonzo hurling a snowball in P1; a tornado raging right outside Marty’s picture window in P2, and the resulting thunderstorm in P3 as lightning KRAKs and the field loses it lights. Meanwhile, in P4, former State champ Coach Thorp and Mimi enjoy another “lemonade” poolside in the bright sunshine

A no-seams fastball? No wonder it was ball four.

There is only ONE Dandy in Milford. He wears a top hat, brandishes a cane and makes people mysteriously disappear. And he’s not a magician.

Warning track power. Take a seat.

Zane dumped Katy sometime between the 2nd inning and this at-bat, so now he’s more ‘focused’

The Milford PD is running a Krak sting in the park. Seems some old man at the Library ratted out the ball club.

I’m going to GUARANTEE that Zane’s krak is caught at the fence. Or he’s robbed by a diving outfielder. Milford loses. And speaking of losing, you can’t lose when you read Mopped Up Thorp.

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