4/27/10
And now it’s time for another in the incredibly-too-rare series: Ralph Wiggum reviews! So Ralph, what do you think?
Ralph: Oh boy, sleep! That’s where I’m a viking!
I agree, I couldn’t stay awake through this verbose quagmire of baseball line-ups and pseudo-strategy either.
Ralph: My cat’s name is Mittens.
4/28/10
How about this one, Ralph?
Ralph: Look, it’s Lisa, and she’s winning us back!
Ummm, not yet she’s not. Also, look, it’s the return of “ease up”…sort of.
Ralph: Hi, Super Nintendo Chalmers! I’m learn-ding.
That’s more than I’m doing. Smell ya later, Ralph.
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4/28 P1: Geeze, why the long face Gil?
“Cuz [hic, uuurrrrrppp], thass how Whigster drew me!!”
Comment by semperfi4evr — April 28, 2010 @ 9:13 am
Ease up, friend!
Comment by Regina — April 28, 2010 @ 9:54 am
4/27 panel 1: Gil bein’ a dick, part 4,267,993. “Apparently so, because if Marty Moon thinks it’s a bad idea, it must be a good one!”
4/27 panel 2: Presenting… The World’s Biggest High-School Backstop! No, really — did they steal that thing from Yankee Stadium or what?
4/27 panel 3: Paul Diehl’s gonna make a heck of a first baseman if he can’t keep his foot on the bag. (Which appears to have an AT&T logo on it. Maybe the endorsement deal paid for that backstop.) Also, if Gil had to move his catcher to the starting rotation, why was he being such a dick about whether the team could use Derek or not? Oh, wait, that question answers itself: Gil is a dick because… well… he just is.
4/28: Why doesn’t Mimi seem to care that Cassie skipped out on the basketball championship game? I think she’s still counting on the players to administer some locker-room-style rough justice.
Comment by jvwalt — April 28, 2010 @ 10:29 am
Will Milford’s softball team be wearing those midriff-exposing black shirts this season or is that a Cassie-exclusive practice jersey?
Probably the latter, since Mimi knows such uniforms would lead to the basketball team uniforms becoming bikinis made from Diet Coke cartons and, ultimately, anarchy!
Comment by billytheskink — April 28, 2010 @ 10:52 am
Nice Gumby head, Cassie.
Comment by sourbelly — April 28, 2010 @ 11:25 am
In Panel 3 on 4/27, Paul Diehl is showing the real meaning of “taking one for the team.”
Comment by southmauldin — April 28, 2010 @ 12:28 pm
jvwalt – I assume that Paul Diehl is fielding a grounder in panel 3. Otherwise, Gil needs to find some schmuck who will coach his other infielders about placing their throws someplace where the first baseman doesn’t have to chase after it.
Comment by Wikitorix — April 28, 2010 @ 2:34 pm
Ralph! Long time no see! Does your cat’s breath still smell like cat food?
Hmm…Mimi’s freak hand isn’t so sure Cassie’s ex-friends are going to ease up on her. Me neither, Mimi’s Freak Hand, me neither.
Comment by jules — April 28, 2010 @ 3:37 pm
“Apparently so”? Doesn’t that idiot even know if he’s making sense or not?
Comment by mr beautiful — April 28, 2010 @ 6:03 pm
Mimi: “You’ve worked hard Cassie. You’re back to where you were last year”
Cassie:”No need to rub it in that I stayed back and am destined to be a career Junior”
Comment by Knoxy — April 29, 2010 @ 6:57 am
Wikitorix — not to get all fussy about baseball details, but… judging from Paul’s stance, he’s almost certainly catching a throw from another infielder. And while said infielder has clearly given him a bad throw, he’s still within reach of the base, and should be able to keep his foot on the base.
Of course, all this is rendered moot because there’s NO FOUL LINE. So I guess first baseman Paul is standing at second base. See, Gil, this is what you get when you start shifting players to new positions: they don’t know what the hell they’re doing. Marty is right!
Egad. I need a drink. See you at PUB.
Comment by jvwalt — April 29, 2010 @ 7:19 am
Mimi has Man Hands! Cassie is so afraid she is going to run straight into that fence.
Comment by DieClambakeDie — April 29, 2010 @ 7:55 am
Ease up friend, or you might bend your Wookie!
Comment by Ned Ryerson — April 29, 2010 @ 9:02 am
4-28 Panel Two–Cassie’s neck looks like a Roch ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robot that has just been punched in the face.
And I’m hoping she and Shep Trumbo join the Milford Trenchcoat Mafia. That would be about the only way to redeem this storyline now.
Comment by dougputhoff — April 29, 2010 @ 6:24 pm
In 4/28 panel 3, if Paul is at first base he really needs some work because a right-handed first baseman should have his right foot on the bag to get the best stretch for a throw. I also like how he is guiding the throw into his glove with his non-glove hand. That infielder making the throw must be fresh off of shoulder surgery.
Comment by Shaun — April 30, 2010 @ 4:25 am