Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rod Whigham for June 16, 2018

The answer is obvious: Gil has been trying much harder on Van Auken’s behalf. Geez, Pelwecki’s turning into as big a flake as Bader.

Gil’s nameplate continues to deteriorate. From Thor p it’s now just Thor with half a circle added.

Gil’s practicing the “hold the giant hand in front of the camera” move but the angle is all wrong

P1, College, Moose. As in one.

P2, He’s left-handed, isn’t he? Everybody’s looking for good lefty pitching.

P3, I don’t know, Moose, maybe because he’s actually good?

The colleges have been reading copies of the school newspaper and are joining forces to rescue as many kids as possible. Sort of like cleaning oil spills off of seagulls.

I used to dress up as Mickey Mantle when I was a little kid, but I never walked around high school in my game uniform. Told everybody to call me Mick. He should try it.

In all reality , Kevin let me explain a fact of life to you. No you idiot not where babies come from , now pay attention . Now in life there are people who think they have talent like you and people who have real talent like Van Auken .Talented people go on to be staŕs, people who think they have talent buy tickets to see them play.Okay Coach thanks, Happy Father’s Day, I hope they find your kids !

Well, it’s like this: baseball isn’t big enough for the colleges to fix the admissions for the players it wants. Van Auken is actually able to read and write; you with your sub-gorilla IQ…

WHAT KIND OF GARBAGE IS THAT? That is the sloppiest, worst nameplate I’ve ever seen. It doesn’t even have the full P at the end. And those lines on his mug, what does it say, “OIL”?

Signman upset! Signman smash things!

P1- ..and then, depression set in.

P2- Cannot. Get away. From this Klingon fast enough.

P3- GilPa: Let’s see son. Dave Kingman .235 average, 5 homers, can’t field, can’t throw, runs like a Welshman. Yep, you’re playing your way into working in Ty Webb’s lumberyard.

I’m curious (but not yellow). How did the MILFORD on Moose’s uniform shrink without the rest of his uniform shrinking?

Gil’s response (based on how he’s holding his hand up): “HUSS! HUSS!”

P3 Because he’s got skills. Capiche!!

P3: “Talk to the hand, Moose.”

“No, colleges aren’t interested in you as an outfielder, but maybe you can get a scholarship as a quarterback. HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW H…” (Chokes and dies)

From MAD sometime in the 60’s. Not really about baseball but sort of close in concept. Sung to the tune of “Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley”:

“No college really wants you! Not Georgia not Bucknell…….

Why should they come and hunt you? You don’t play football well

So hang down your head and study or poor boy you’re bound to fail"

(I wish I could recall more of this one but alas this is all my 63 year old brain can recall.)

@Bitsy and Chip: read today’s (Sunday’s) “DARK SIDE OF THE HORSE”.