IT IS TO BE A THREE INNING TEE BALL GAME ON A LOVELY SPRING EVENING.. .
THIS WOULD BE A ‘QUICKIE.’
NOT SO.
JIMMY, THE FIRST CARDINAL UP, GETS THREE STRIKES AS THE PITCHER LOBS THE BALL AND THE LITTLE TYKE TRIES TO HIT IT.
OK, WE CAN DEAL WITH THIS.
THE COACH BRINGS OUT THE TEE-STAND AND PUTS THE BALL ON TOP.
WHOOSH, SWINGS JIMMY...
THE TEE-STAND TOPPLES OVER. THE BALL FALLS INTO THE INFIELD.
“RUN RUN RUN’ SHOUT THE PLAYERS, THE COACHES, AND THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS.
THE PITCHER RUSHES FORWARD TO RETRIEVE THE BALL.
HE BOBBLES THE BALL.
“RUN RUN RUN’ SHOUT THE PLAYERS, THE COACHES, AND THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS.
JIMMY IS ON SECOND BASE, EAGER TO RUN.
. UP TO BAT COMES DESIREE, THE SECOND CARDINAL. THERE IS A SWING AND A MISS, A SWING AND A MISS. .FINALLY, SHE HITS A GROUNDER TO FIRST BASE. THE FIRST BASEMAN RUNS FOR IT, THE RIGHT FIELDER RUNS FOR IT, THE PITCHER RUNS FOR IT, JIMMY ON SECOND BASE RUNS TO THIRD BASE.
DESIREE IS DANCING, ON FIRST BASE.
THE THIRD CARDINAL, CHRISTOPHER, COMES TO BAT. HE SWINGS DESPERATELY, TRYING FOR A HIT. ONE, TWO, THREE STRIKES.
OUT COMES THE TEE STAND WITH THE BALL ON TOP.
CHRISTOPHER HITS THE TEE STAND, SO FURIOUSLY, THAT IT IS BENT. IT LAYS, FALLEN, ON HOME PLATE.
OUT INTO THE INFIELD FLIES THE BALL. THE LEFT FIELDER , THE THIRD BASEMAN, AND THE SHORTSTOP LUNGE FOR THE BALL. CHRISTOPHER IS FLYING TOWARD SECOND BASE, DESIREE IS ROUNDING THIRD BASE, AND
JIMMY IS PUSHING THE THIRD BASEMAN OUT OF THE WAY AS HE SCRAMBLES FOR HOME. BUT WAIT! THE PIRATE CATCHER HAS THE BALL! HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? WITH HIS FACE MASK ASKEW, THE TWO FOOT TALL PIRATE DARES JIMMY TO GET PAST HIM….JIMMY RUNS DOWN THE BASE PATH AND SEES THAT HE CANNOT POSSIBLY GET BY THE CATCHER, SO HE RUNS AROUND HIM, OUT TOWARD THE PITCHER’S MOUND. HE SPRINTS FOR HOME, WHICH IS OCCUPIED BY THE TEE STAND. HE COLLIDES WITH A COACH WHO IS TRYING TO PICK UP THE TEE STAND.
MEANWHILE, DESIREE AND CHRISTOPHER, WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY JUMPED OVER THIRD BASE WITHOUT TOUCHING IT, AND HAVE AVOIDED THE LEFT FIELDER AND THE SHORTSTOP AND THE THIRD BASEMAN, ARE
CONFRONTED BY THE DETERMINED LITTLE PIRATE CATCHER WHO IS STANDING IN THE BASE PATH ON THE WAY TO HOME PLATE. BOTH RUNNERS ARE TAGGED OUT BY THE GLOVED HAND OF THE CATCHER…HE DOESN’T TOUCH THEM WITH THE BALL, HE TOUCHES THEM WITH THE GLOVE.
THE NEXT SIX BATTERS ALL SOMEHOW GET HITS OR GROUNDERS, NO PIRATE IS ABLE TO RETRIEVE THE BALL, AND THE SCORE IS NINE TO NOTHING. FINALLY, THE LAST CARDINAL ON BASE PICKS UP THE BALL BECAUSE THE THIRD BASEMAN IS TICKLING AND SHOVING THE SHORT STOP AND NO ONE IS PICKING UP THE BALL.
‘O NO NO DON’T TOUCH THE BALL’,SHOUTS
HIS MOTHER FROM THE STANDS.
BUT HE DOES.
AND HE’S OUT.
SO ENDS THE FIRST HALF OF THE FIRST INNING.
IT ONLY TOOK 35 MINUTES.
The end.
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