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Something dazzling. Ever since Jim had made that promise to Nina, he’d been racking his brains for a unique way to fulfill it. On the road, he’d hit .500. That was pretty damn spectacular. But somehow it didn’t seem like enough. Nina’s brother was the legendary slugger Trevor Stark. Jim could never live up to his incredible hitting.
No, it would have to be something he did on the field. But how could he plan ahead for an amazing fielding play? Some games he barely got a chance at the ball. Others, he was busy from the first inning to the last. And how many opportunities came along for a truly eye-popping move? It was in the hands of fate, or the baseball gods, or maybe the ghost of Ernie Banks.
Someone must have been smiling down on him, because on a muggy day in August, the first gam
