They drove to Los Feliz Park in his Audi, which he’d bought used from a pitcher who’d gotten called up last year. He was no closer to getting any clues about his call-up or lack thereof. He couldn’t figure out how to ask Maggie about it without being rude.
And what about her point that she loved baseball more than he did? Pretty ballsy, for someone who had never even touched a baseball bat. But what if she was right? How did he feel about baseball? It had been part of his life as long as he could remember, like an irritating older brother. Baseball gave him great opportunities like scholarships, and it also frustrated the hell out of him.
And sometimes, to be totally honest, it bored him. The season was long, the bus trips were painful, and he still hadn’t seen the inside of Friars Stadi
