School was over for the summer and Thad was working regularly at the ballpark. He loved his job as batboy. It was all he dreamed it would be. Being on the field during games and hanging out with the players before and after was the high point of every day. He volunteered to work extra duty every chance he could. He didn’t even mind as much as he thought he would when he was assigned to be the batboy for the visiting team.
Of course, the most exciting part of it all was being in such close contact with Iggy. The player seemed to have taken a real liking to Thad. When Thad was working a game, Iggy spent a lot of time talking with him—calling him over to sit with him in the dugout when there was a lull in the action, buying him a Coke or some other treat as a thank-you after a game. Once Ig
