Baseball Pals by Matt Christopher

Author:Matt Christopher [CHRISTOPHER, MATTHEW F]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780316095433
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2009-12-19T05:00:00+00:00

10

They had fish for supper. Mr. Todd had caught two, right after Jimmie had caught his, so there was plenty to go around.

Early in the evening Jimmie began to think about Paul again. Lots of times on Saturday nights Paul would come and watch television with him. Sometimes his mother and father would come, too. Now it was more than two weeks since Paul had been here.

It was Tiny Zimmer’s fault, Jimmie told himself. Tiny was the one who had asked Paul to play with the Red Rockets.

Suddenly, Jimmie had an idea. Maybe if Mr. and Mrs. Karoski came, Paul would come, too!

He went to his mother.

“Mom, why don’t you invite Mr. and Mrs. Karoski over? It’s Saturday night, and they haven’t been over in a long time.”

“I thought about that, too.” His mother smiled. “I’ll call them right now.”

The telephone was in the living room. She dialed a number.

“Hello? Josie? This is Lynn. How are you?”

They talked a bit. Finally Mrs. Todd invited Mrs. Karoski and her husband over for the evening.

“Tell them to bring Paul, too!” Jimmie whispered.

“Bring Paul with you,” Mrs. Todd said.

She hung up, smiling. “They’ll be glad to come!” she said.

Forty-five minutes later Mr. and Mrs. Karoski came. But Paul wasn’t with them.

“Where’s Paul?” Jimmie asked Mr. Karoski.

Mr. Karoski was a middle-aged man with a mustache and horn-rimmed glasses. He shrugged his shoulders. “He’s home. He didn’t want to come.”

“Why not?”

Mrs. Karoski answered. “I don’t know. He just didn’t want to come. I don’t understand that boy. Sometimes he won’t say anything.”

“I know why,” a small voice said.

Jimmie looked at Ervie. Something that felt like wire clamped around his chest.

Ervie looked up at Mrs. Karoski. His blue eyes seemed bigger than ever. “He’s mad at Jimmie,” he said. “Paul wants to pitch, and Jimmie wants to pitch. They both want to pitch for the Planets.”

Jimmie bit his lip. His face flushed.

“Thanks a lot, Ervie!” he cried loudly, and ran out of the room.

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