To recap this captivating, never-ending story: A friend of a relative of a friend of Gil’s has heard the horrible plight of El-Mullet:
“So, he was born in Mexico, yet after a whiff of the sweetest tastes of America: Mom, baseball and possibly even apple pie, he then had to go back to that backwards un-American hell-hole, to live out a life worse than death, where they probably don’t even have Taco Bells?!?”
“And he apparently has marginal high school baseball talent to boot! What a raw deal, eh?”
“A kid like that only comes along once every couple of years! And If he was a player for a friend of my college roommate’s father-in-law, I just have to help, don’t I?”
“Sure, and we do have an open roster spot and spare visa ever since you had that Dominican kid sent home.”
“I’m pretty sure he was stealing towels. Say, don’t you think you should get that leg tumor checked out?”
“What leg tumor? Oh my, how embarrassing. I uh….need to go to the bathroom and…take care of something…”
“That’s fine, I’ll just stay here and think up some vaguely racist-sounding promotions…Let’s see: How about ‘Climb over the left field wall, win a free poncho full of tacos Night’?”
Meanwhile back in Milford, Kaz gets a training earring viewable with an electron microscope. Let’s hope he graduates to a bigger one soon!
Kaz’s sweat is freaking me out. Intellectually, I know it’s sweat but all I can do is gape at him in horror and scream, “UNCLEAN! UNCLEAN!”
Panel one is also a gallery of horrors between his wee little stumpy girl hands and his gym socks that are so tight his leg flesh is spilling out over top of them.
Comment by gaucho — July 22, 2008 @ 8:45 am
Isn’t it sweet how Kaz finishes Gil’s sentences? They make a cute couple. Or they would, if it weren’t for Kaz’s dioxin poisoning, as seen in panel 2.
Comment by sourbelly — July 22, 2008 @ 8:48 am
i would like to point out that kalamazoo is home to Bell’s brewery. That’s a great idea for a promotion with two hearted ale.
Comment by lester — July 22, 2008 @ 8:54 am
I think Kaz needs to stop hittin’ the ‘roids. His “backne” is moving up to his face.
Comment by Regina — July 22, 2008 @ 9:24 am
I don’t think that’s an earring, just some nasty sweat that migrated towards Kaz’ ear.
Comment by Regina — July 22, 2008 @ 9:25 am
In panel 2, nice smear job on the tat:
“Hold still now… A…. V….. M.. FUCK!….N…. M……”
Comment by treebuck — July 22, 2008 @ 9:49 am
Yeah, seriously. Panel 2 was a golden opportunity to reestablish the golden orbs, and they blew it. Boo!
Comment by Ned Ryerson — July 22, 2008 @ 10:08 am
What’s it say on that dude’s t-shirt in Panel 3? “X-rock”? “Something-f-word”? I’m pretty sure it ends in -ck, which leaves the possibility of profanity or lewdness wide open.
Comment by jules — July 22, 2008 @ 10:19 am
As befuddled as I am to ponder the notion of a minor-league team crafting a marketing campaign around a player who’s too lousy to actually play on said team, I must say I’m awfully glad to see the return of a Frank McLaughlin staple: Gil and Kaz gettin’ all sweaty at the Y…M…C…A!
Comment by johnw — July 22, 2008 @ 10:24 am
Panel One is disturbing for another reason besides Kaz’s tiny girl hands and tight
socks — check out how close Gil is standing.
Off topic, reminder that “Pope” Josh, our esteemed Comic Curmudgeon, is gonna be on
Jeopardy! tonight.
Comment by Gil'sBarber — July 22, 2008 @ 10:33 am
Panel Three: Fella on the left is showing off some sweet Guitar Hero chops, garnering an impressed chin-rub from Coach X-Rock.
Comment by Sed — July 22, 2008 @ 12:27 pm
Why are Kaz and Gil finishing each other’s thoughts. Hmm…
In panel two, why is Kaz giving Gil the thumbs up? Let’s hit the shower? Let’s get a sauna in? Yes, beers sound good?
Comment by bevo — July 22, 2008 @ 1:09 pm
What happened to Kaz’s barbed wire tattoo? What the hell is that thing on his arm?
Comment by southmauldin — July 22, 2008 @ 1:30 pm
Question: I’m about a month or so late on this, but was it ever established precisely what Elmer’s dad’s foulup was (Which Elmer kept referring to)? I mean, besides “Had a kid who decided it would be a good idea to tell the entire damn town of Milford he was illegal”, of course.
Comment by Emptyeye — July 22, 2008 @ 4:30 pm
K i n g s on the jersey if you look closely.
Comment by RobM — July 22, 2008 @ 5:25 pm