It looked like a scoop of vanilla ice cream perched on a cone as José stared at it in disbelief. He turned and whipped the ball in, his ears ringing with the joyous yell of the fans. “Good catch, man!” Barry cried. “I didn’t think you’d make it!” “Just lucky,” José said. Ted Shoemaker grounded out to third, and the top of the first half was over. Coach Parker and the rest of the guys greeted him warmly as he ran in to the dugout. But he thought: I hope I do as well at the plate. That was where his playing counted the most. Barry led off with a walk, Turtleneck Jones struck out, and José stepped into the batting box. He took two balls and a strike, then leaned into one that sailed out to deep left. It was too high. He knew before he’d taken a half a dozen steps that it would be caught. It was. Two out.
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