The count is oh-and-one; Muppet-mouthed Les is looking for a hit…here’s the pitch…Les swings and POW! right in the kisser! “Calamity Cayla” has struck again! If this was an animated cartoon, I’d loop that second panel and watch it again and again and…
"Good Sport" ≠ "Good at Sports"
Well, what do you know: Les has grown a pair and stepped up to the plate. Trying not to embarrass her man, Cayla serves up a meatball, right down the middle, which Les, to no one’s surprise, swings at an misses by a mile. Summer in panel 2 must want to hang that massive head of hers in shame.
Designated Quitter
Cayla’s relatives break out the sporting goods, and Les’ smug attitude quickly evaporates. He doesn’t just look apprehensive at the thought of playing some ball; in panel 2 he looks genuinely afraid. Why, he’s white as a sheet! Perhaps he saw Monday’s Crankshaft strip and is aware of the damage Cayla can do on the diamond…
It's All Good
Today it’s Aunt Nefertiti’s turn to meet The Smug One. Les, having been touched by Hollywood, forgets that mere mortals wouldn’t understand whether having been “optioned” is good or bad, and he succeeds in alienating yet another future in-law.
Family Style
I’m looking forward to Labor Day to see if TB follows through with introducing Les (and us) to Cayla’s family. There’s a lot of plot potential in such a meeting…but I’m going to bet right now that the meeting takes place “off-camera”, and we’ll catch up with our newly-engaged couple after the fact.
Labor Day comes early to Westview, and your humble scribe is feeling even more humble because I. Was. Wrong. Here we are at the Williams Family Picnic. Cayla’s Uncle Cedric politely tries to strike up a conversation with Les, and immediately regrets having done so.
Son of Stuck Funky 
