woke up an hour earlier than I had to thanks to the sound of whistling from the kitchen Dad is a morning person and a whistler I tried to ignore it but I also smelled bacon and pancakes That was too good to ignore so I got dressed and headed downstairs Dad was at the stove poking at the bacon He was still whistling Our dog Penny was perched right by him staring hungrily and whimpering She carried a better tune than he did
Grmdg I said It was the best I could do Good morning to you too He handed me a plate of food and I sat down to eat I felt a lot more awake after a few bites Thanks but what happened to Mom Usually she made breakfast on Sundays She’s playing golf with friends he said They wanted to hit the links before it started raining Speaking of which maybe you won’t have to work today Sounds like it’s going to come down pretty hard later I sure hope not I was a batboy for the Pine City Porcupines the Single-A team in our hometown It was really fun and way better than sitting around on a rainy day Dad was right The sky was dark and gloomy and looked like it might let loose any second with a storm But they don’t cancel baseball games unless they absolutely have to I walked to the ballpark and got ready for the day’s game against the Centralville Cougars I made coffee set up the bat rack and made sure the supply chest was full The players started coming in I bet we don’t play today said Wayne Zane He was the Porcupines catcher Hope I can get some bull-pen time in said Ryan Kimball the closer A closer is a pitcher who only plays late in the game when the team is protecting a small lead Diego Prado said something in Spanish Diego was a bench player That meant he mostly sat in the dugout and waited
