The Deadly River
“Ray immediately asked, “What’s this I hear? They tell me that you’re a baseball hero as well as a bandit-basher! Tell us about it.”
“Aw c’mon, Guys. It was just a little pick-up game.”
“Yeah, but you managed to get the whole town stirred up. Nobody has given the Town Team so much trouble before this. Are you a pro ball player or something?”
Lee laughed at that. “Nope, just a kid with a broke-down car that had been planning to pass through town.”
Ray wasn’t about to leave it there. “Where did yo...u learn to play ball like that?”
“I played for my high school back in Pennsylvania.” Lee hesitated, then he added, “I had a baseball scholarship to Villanova. But I left there last spring before the season started.”
At this admission, Dawn broke her silence, incredulity in her voice. “You had a scholarship and you dropped out?”
“Yup. A full-ride scholarship. Not too bright, eh?”
“No shit!” This from Ray.
Lee’s coffee came and he took time to add some sugar and take a long sip.MoreLess
“Aw c’mon, Guys. It was just a little pick-up game.”
“Yeah, but you managed to get the whole town stirred up. Nobody has given the Town Team so much trouble before this. Are you a pro ball player or something?”
Lee laughed at that. “Nope, just a kid with a broke-down car that had been planning to pass through town.”
Ray wasn’t about to leave it there. “Where did yo...u learn to play ball like that?”
“I played for my high school back in Pennsylvania.” Lee hesitated, then he added, “I had a baseball scholarship to Villanova. But I left there last spring before the season started.”
At this admission, Dawn broke her silence, incredulity in her voice. “You had a scholarship and you dropped out?”
“Yup. A full-ride scholarship. Not too bright, eh?”
“No shit!” This from Ray.
Lee’s coffee came and he took time to add some sugar and take a long sip.MoreLess
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