Shortstop from Tokyo by Matt Christopher

Author:Matt Christopher [CHRISTOPHER, MATTHEW F]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780316094238
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2009-12-19T05:00:00+00:00

Dennis Krupa, the infield sub, looked in surprise from Stogie to the coach. “Okay, Coach,” he said.

Stogie tightened his lips and held his breath for a dozen seconds. It wasn’t fair. It just wasn’t. Shortstop was his position. More grounders were hit there than to second. There were more right-hand batters, that was why. And that long throw from deep short to first base could only be matched by a throw from third. He loved to make those long throws. He could throw as hard as he wanted to, put all his steam in it, and then watch the ball speed across the diamond into the first baseman’s mitt. No other position in the infield was more beautiful to him. That was what Coach Dirkus had taken away from him and given to Sam Suzuki.

He noticed something on the field. Sam was playing catch with Fuzzy Caliel. Playing with a brand-new glove!

That meant that the old glove wasn’t really good enough to play with. Stogie caught Sam’s eyes a second and looked away. The old feeling came back.

How can I change his mind and prove to him that I’m not all to blame for what happened to his glove? he asked himself. Sure, I could have taken it into the house, but how could I know something would get it and ruin it in our own backyard? Man, what a lousy spot to be in!

The lineup today in the game against the Dukes was different in more ways than one.

Jim Albanese lf

Lee Cragg cf

Sam Suzuki ss

Fuzzy Caliel 3b

Dennis Krupa 2b

Bob Sobus lb

Daren Holden rf

Tony Francis c

Stretch Servo p

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