Getting waved on for home, smile, but run harder and faster, head for home! The ball is coming in! It’s going to be close, very close, slide in … safe. A home run. Brought in two runners, we have a great lead all we have to do now is play smart, and we have it made. One more inning and this game is over and we are ahead by 3.
Ninth inning is a pitching duel, three up and three down. We win. Ted was happy he brought home the winning run and put his team tied for first place. Finally he felt all that extra training and hard work were paying off. Baseball didn’t come easy to Ted he loved the game but he had to really work hard at it, he ran three miles everyday and worked out in the school weight room every lunch, all for this moment.