The Baseball Tournament

by livewriteread3

The park is going bankrupt. They need 900,000 dollars to keep them from losing it. Mordecai tells them about the Two Peaks Baseball Tournament. Will they win the tournament and save the park? Please r&r!

1. Chapter 1

The Baseball Tournament

Chapter 1: The Announcement

The alarm clock blared out it's annoying tune. A blue jay groaned as he took his hand from under the blankets and smacked his hand against the top of the clock. "Ugh, another day of work at the park. C'mon Rigby, get up." He told his raccoon friend. Rigby came out of the pile of clothes on his trampoline and walked down to the kitchen with Mordecai, his best friend. They took out the box of cereal labeled "Strong John's Awesome Cereal" "Dude tell me why we buy this cereal brand?" Mordecai asked Rigby while the raccoon was trying to pour the milk into his bowl. "Uhh, because Strong Johns is awesome!" The raccoon exclaimed. They ate the cereal and began to clean their bowls and put them away.

The two friends walked out to the front porch of the house they stayed at. They didn't own the house, it belonged to the owner of the park Pops. But since Pops doesn't take his job seriously, Mordecai and Rigby's boss Benson did most of the work. Skips showed up a minute after the two walked out the door. Muscle Man and High Five Ghost showed a few minutes after Skips, and then Thomas walked over after them. "Hey guys." Thomas greeted them. "Hey Thomas." They all replied back. Benson eventually showed up after. He didn't look happy, as usual, but today he seemed worse. "Alright, guys, I have bad news." Benson told the group. They all groaned. "The park is going bankrupt. We have no money to pay bills or taxes." He told them. "What?!" They all yelled out loud. They were shocked, they couldn't believe what Benson just said. "Unless we can earn $900,000 dollars, the government will destroy the park and put more apartments here." Benson explained. "We should have a fundraiser." Rigby suggested. They all agreed to the idea, except Benson. "How are we gonna get $900,000 dollars with a small fundraiser?" Benson asked. "I don't know, maybe we can do a fundraiser and earn as much money as we can and then go on from there." Mordecai chimed in. "Well, we do have three weeks to get the money… okay, we can go to the mall and sell candy or something." Benson agreed. "Hey, what about Mr. Maellard?" Mordecai asked. "That's why Mordecai, Maellard is dead." He told the bird. Everyone went silent. They were horrified that he was gone and now the money is gone. "What about Pops? Doesn't he know how to get the money?" HFG asked. "Maellard hid the money, no one knows where it is, not even Pops." Benson replied. "Hopefully the fundraiser will work." The gumball machine continued.

They all sat there, soon all their jobs will be gone and they will have to leave each other. They loved their jobs at the park even though they don't show it. They all knew a fundraiser won't get them enough money, no where close to the amount they need. Mordecai sat there in deep thought. He knew he heard of something that was giving out money for the grand prize. A lot of money. Just then, Mordecai remembered. "That's it! I got it! There is going to be a baseball tournament in about two weeks! The grand prize is $ 1,000,000 dollars!" Mordecai yelled out. "Yeah!" The group shouted in excitement. "Wait, wait, do we even have enough people to play?" Benson asked. "We can recruit people on to the team" Muscle Man suggested. "Yeah!" They shouted again. "Alright, fine. What is our team name going to be?" Benson asked. "How about the Park Blazers?" Skips suggested. They agreed with Skips. "Alright, we need three starters, three relievers, a closer, a catcher, a first baseman, a second baseman, a third baseman, a shortstop, and three outfielders." Benson told them. "I'll take catcher babies! WOOO!" Muscle Man exclaimed. "I'll take first base." Skips said. "I want second!" Rigby yelled. "I'll take center field" Mordecai said. "I want right field!" HFG said. "I'll have shortstop." Thomas said. "I be our starting pitcher." Benson told them. "Ok, we need three relievers, a closer, two starters, a third baseman, and a left fielder. Ok" Benson said. "It allows girls to play also." Mordecai said. "Nice to know." Benson said. "Alright, lets find recruits." Benson said. "Meet back here when you find people." Benson told all of them. "We can ask Margaret and Eileen!" Rigby said. "And Don!" Mordecai told him. "NO!" Rigby yelled. "Dude, the park is on the line!" Mordecai told him. "Oh fine!" Rigby said angrily. The park workers split up to find people who want to play with them and get on their way to winning $1,000,000.