Long Stretch At First Base (2009) - Plot & Excerpts
After what Kirby had said to him, and the way the other boys looked at him, he did not feel like playing any more. How could they ever think he would throw a wild peg to Tony Mandos on purpose? That was crazy! He remembered that only yesterday he had wanted to take Tony’s glove and hide it. Thinking of that made him feel ashamed again. But he knew that if he had taken the mitt, he would not have kept it hidden very long. He would have returned it to Tony. Dave Gessini, Mike Bliss, and Tony were up at bat in that order. Mike Bliss was a utility outfielder. He was a tall redhead with glasses. He was taking Jerry Echols’s place. Dave pounded out a screaming single through second base. Then Mike got up and fouled the first two pitches. He tapped his bat against the plate a lot, and almost did not raise it in time for the third pitch. “Ball!” said the umpire. “He was lucky then,”
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