Pitch Perfect by McLane LuAnn

Author:McLane, LuAnn [McLane, LuAnn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 2012-09-04T07:00:00+00:00

13

Swinging for the Fences

“THROW HIM SOME HEAT,” TY YELLED FROM THE DUGOUT after Cam hit another one up into the center-field stands. Cam grinned when another ball sailed over the fence but landed just left of the left-field foul pole. “Pitch another five to him!” When Cam hit a line shot over the second baseman’s head, Ty took his cap off and whacked it against his leg. “Yeah! That’s what I’m talking about.”

The bat felt solid in Cam’s hands, and for the first time in a long while a sense of calm washed over him. Noah had been surprisingly understanding about the arrest, although he did make it abundantly clear that Cam should stay the hell out of any kind of trouble if he wanted to remain on the team. “Not a problem,” Cam had assured Noah; he was met with a firm handshake and a slap on the back.

Cam felt as if both Noah and Ty believed in his talent and wanted to do what was best for him and also for the team. It was the type of coaching that made a player want to give one hundred percent and then some. Their hard-nosed but positive attitude relit the dormant pilot light beneath Cam’s motivation, and it was as if a huge weight had been lifted from his shoulders. Gritting his teeth, he swung and foul tipped the next curve ball but then smacked a line drive that almost took the pitcher’s head off and would have been a solid double had he been running the bases.

“That’s what I’m talkin’ about!” Ty yelled again before slapping his baseball cap back on. Out of the corner of his eye, Cam saw Ty nodding to Max Dugan, the gruff-voiced hitting coach, and he just bet they were discussing where to place him in the lineup. Cam had mostly been leadoff batter since his on-base percentage tended to be sky-high. He was patient and drew more than his fair share of walks, and he also had the speed to steal bases, but the way he had been hitting the ball, Ty might just consider penciling him into the cleanup slot. Showing that he could also be a power hitter could rack up some runs batted in and very well make his ascent back into the minor leagues happen a whole helluva lot faster.

While digging his cleats into the dirt, another sense of satisfaction and hope gripped Cam hard. He reached up and adjusted his batting helmet, thinking that coming to Cricket Creek had been a good decision. For someone who had made a fair number of bad decisions, it felt damned sweet.

Cam popped another ball up a mile in the air and was poised in the batter’s box to take another pitch when he spotted Noah and a gorgeous woman coming down the steps behind the first-base dugout. The woman was chatting and smiling, using her hands in an excited, animated way that made him grin. Sunlight glinted off her blond hair, and she was wearing a businesslike suit but somehow made it look sexy.

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