Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for July 01, 2023

THORP!! This is all your fault!

Solidarność!

And while it came a chapter later than I thought, Coach Luke’s fall has come. The entire team has given up on him.

Red Forman-get your foot ready!

This sort of make sense, who would play for a jerk like Luke?

“You can’t quit! Get back out there!”

“Here Luke. Hold my beer.”

The Czar’s army melts away.

Looks like there might be a new, new sheriff in town soon. And Gil may have his pick of players in the transfer portal in time for next football season. Oh well, let’s get to Meemaw’s funeral, some poolside lemonades and a deeply intriguing summer plot.

P4: Luke: And THAT, Thorp, is how you welcome defeat! I outdid you again

“You can’t quit, get back out there”? Didn’t they already lose?

There’s no “Luke” in “team”

No! He will single-handedly defeat Gil Thorp and his Mudlark team! Just give him a moment to collect his thoughts, and forge a new birth certificate…

BE GONE A$$HOLE! BE GONE!

Lukey’s EHS (Exploding Head Syndrome) solves two problems: 1. We won’t have to look at his ugly, hairy face anymore. 2. Gil won’t need to welcome failure and humiliation at Lukey’s hands anymore.

Luke sounds like the Dukes at the end of Trading Places

If any of you who bet on Milford think you’re going to collect, think again. I don’t pay out due to some forfeit crap!

Monday, Gil snatches defeat from the jaws of victory by talking the VT players into coming back onto the field for SPORTSMANSHIP.

There’s No Quiting in Baseball , in all reality .

P3- Now that’s what I call a walkoff. Adios Looney bin Lukey.

P-1: When will people learn, never come between a Father and his son!

P-2: Dong! Taco Bell!

P-3: I win the Sherlock, today! “Hats in the wind, all we are is hats in the wind.”

Shaq said he gained great respect when he went to Kobe Bryant and said the fellas weren’t happy he wasn’t passing the ball. Shaq said there’s no “I” in team. Kobe replied "There’s an “me” in mother******."

Luke with a severe case of EHS in P1. Now the H can stand for either “head” or “hair”, and either works. I appreciate the help from Whigham, that’s 6 less hairs I have to add to the comic. And speaking of the comic, the comic I’m referring to is, of course, Mopped Up Thorp:

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/2023/07/01/over-the-edge/

It’s July. Why are they still playing high school baseball/softball? Even the tournaments are over. (Just ask the Florida Gators).

Fast forward a month. Luke has been canned by VT and moves back to California alone after his wife leaves him. Pedro transfers to Milford and becomes the latest star athlete to fall into Gil’s lap. Luke Jr. and Jami emerge from the basement after a 3 month D&D marathon, asking, “Did we miss anything?” And at the annual awards banquet, Luke Martinez surprisingly wins Coach of the Year but is unable to collect. Beth the bartender consoles Gil after he loses out on his annual award.

There’s at LEAST going to be a delay of game penalty!

The Korean Nightmare starts walking home.

I wondered how long the team would put up with him.

P3- They all stop, turn around and mic drop their hats.

If they gets pregers, will it be they’s, them’s, or those’s?

Monday:P1: Luke calls time.P2: Korean Air Flight 911 lands in center field.P3: Nine uniformed players holding VT transcripts deplane.

Sunday’s bonus MUT is the return of Sign Man and Fistpump Man!

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/2023/07/01/sign-man-and-fistpump-man-episode-10/