The Lucky Baseball Bat (2007)
“The man in the car said, “Hey, sonny! Want to come to the park and play ball?”Marvin recognized Jim Cassell, manager of the small boys’ team. He got off the porch and walked slowly toward the car.Then he saw that Jim had somebody with him. Rick Savora. Rick didn’t look at him.Marvin felt a tightening in his chest. “I —I don’t think so,” he said. “I don’t think I want to play baseball.”“Why not?” Jim Cassell’s blue eyes studied Marvin, as if he could not understand why any boy did not care to pl...ay baseball.Marvin shrugged. He did not want to say that he didn’t care to play because Rick was on the team. He could not tell Jim that Rick had stolen his bat, that Rick had lied when he said he had not stolen it. It would be pretty cheap to tell on Rick. Let Jim find out himself what kind of kid Rick was. He would find out soon enough. Maybe by then Marvin would have his bat back.Jim flashed a smile. “Got a glove?”Marvin nodded. “Yes.”“Get it. We’re going to have a team in the Grasshoppers League, and since you’re one of the boys in the neighborhood maybe we’ll have room for you on the team.MoreLess
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