Lost Boy
“Starr’s silly superstitions.
He didn’t need luck. This was about skill. This was about nerve.
Ryder clenched his teeth and told himself he could do this . . . that he would do this. Over the past hour, while they watched the leader board flicker with names shuffling on and off the lower part of the list, Ryder’s right forearm had cramped up and he had realized that he’d been clenching his fists as well as his teeth. Now, he massaged the muscles, hoping he hadn’t put himself at a disadvantage in... the tiebreaker with a sore arm.
Moments later, an official with an all-red baseball cap walked in and announced that the contest was officially complete.
“Are RJ Leonardo and Ryder Strong here?”
Ryder raised his hand and so did RJ Leonardo from his table in the corner, where he sat with his little sister and dad.
“Congratulations to both of you,” the official announced. “What we do now is a sudden-death tiebreaker with the pitches coming in at eighty-five miles an hour. It shouldn’t take long.MoreLess
He didn’t need luck. This was about skill. This was about nerve.
Ryder clenched his teeth and told himself he could do this . . . that he would do this. Over the past hour, while they watched the leader board flicker with names shuffling on and off the lower part of the list, Ryder’s right forearm had cramped up and he had realized that he’d been clenching his fists as well as his teeth. Now, he massaged the muscles, hoping he hadn’t put himself at a disadvantage in... the tiebreaker with a sore arm.
Moments later, an official with an all-red baseball cap walked in and announced that the contest was officially complete.
“Are RJ Leonardo and Ryder Strong here?”
Ryder raised his hand and so did RJ Leonardo from his table in the corner, where he sat with his little sister and dad.
“Congratulations to both of you,” the official announced. “What we do now is a sudden-death tiebreaker with the pitches coming in at eighty-five miles an hour. It shouldn’t take long.MoreLess
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