Good Sportsmanship
Chapter One
Take me out to the ball game
It was a rainy Saturday. Jesse was in the living room reading when a soaked Michelle walked through the door. Michelle had just come back from her softball game. "Hey Michelle," Jesse said looking up from his book. "How did your game go?" Michelle turned and faced him with a look that said 'how do you THINK it went.' "I see," Jesse said. "You lost again huh. Well it's ok, there's always next time." "No," Michelle said. "There isn't going to BE a next time. Our coach quit, actually I think they fired him." Just then Danny walked in with an umbrella. "Boy I can't believe your coach had you play today!" Jesse looked confused. "How can you fire a little league coach? And how can they just cancel the whole season for their poor little team?!" Danny shrugged his shoulders. "Beats me Jess." "And it was only our fifth game," Michelle added. "We were supposed to play 20." Just then Joey walked in. "Oh hey Michelle," he said. "How was your game?" Michelle sighed. "Why don't I just wear a big sign around my neck that says 'I LOST MY SOFTBALL GAME...AGAIN!'" "Oh that's to bad Michelle, but don't worry. Next week you'll win," Joey said giving Michelle a pat on the back. "No you see Joseph, there isn't going to BE a next week or any other week after that. They apparently fired their little league coach which still confuses me. It's not like the coach gets fired if the kids lose a few games...I mean COME ON!! They don't even do that in the major league!" Joey paused. "Well guys the solution is simple! Just find another nice guy who's good with kids and have him be the coach!" "They already thought of that Joey," Danny sighed. "They asked for parent volunteers but nobody wanted to." "I bet Jesse would make a great coach," Joey said smirking. "Oh come on guys!" Jesse exclaimed. "If there is one thing in life that I can't do it is sports." "But you don't have to play," Danny added. "Just give the kids some encouraging words and tell them to have fun and you'll do great!" "Oh Uncle Jesse PLEASE do it!" Michelle begged. "It would make my team...and me, sooooo happy!" "Well..." Jesse said thinking about it. "I guess I could do it...for Michelle." "Oh THANK YOU Uncle Jesse!" Michelle said hugging him. "Alright munchkin, we can call your teammates, tell them the season is still on because of...SUPER UNCLE. And then if it clears up, we can got out back and I can show you all I know about baseball and you can show me all you know and I'll be fine," Jesse said. Just then DJ and Kimmy walked in with heavy raincoats on. "Jeez it's pouring out there," DJ said. "Oh hey Michelle how was your game?" Michelle shook her head. "Why do I even try?" "Hey shorty you might wanna start working on that sign of yours," Jesse said jokingly. Then the two of them went into the kitchen. "Come on Deej, the sale only lasts another six hours!" Kimmy said impatiently tugging on DJ's raincoat. "We're running out of time!" "Ok Kimmy calm down," DJ said. "Dad, we're going to the mall we'll be back in a few hours." "Ok have fun," Danny said. "Ok Danny I better go, I have to work on my comedy act for Thursday night," Joey said. "Ok then...just don't make any window...CRACK up," Danny snickered at his own bad joke. Joey just left the room shaking his head. "Well it looks like I have some free time," Danny said to himself. "What should I do for fun?" he paused. "Ah ha! I'll go rearrange my sock drawer!" Danny began to whistle as he walked upstairs until Steph and Gia barged through the door. "Dad!" Steph exclaimed out of breath. "You gotta get me and Gia to the Mall!" "Yeah, the sale only lasts another like five hours and 55 minutes," Gia added in. "Ok," Danny said. "Maybe I can get some new socks to rearrange." "You can never get enough of those," Gia said sarcastically.
Be sure to catch the next chapter...Chapter Two-Rules of the Mall...NO STEALING
Chapter One
Take me out to the ball game
It was a rainy Saturday. Jesse was in the living room reading when a soaked Michelle walked through the door. Michelle had just come back from her softball game. "Hey Michelle," Jesse said looking up from his book. "How did your game go?" Michelle turned and faced him with a look that said 'how do you THINK it went.' "I see," Jesse said. "You lost again huh. Well it's ok, there's always next time." "No," Michelle said. "There isn't going to BE a next time. Our coach quit, actually I think they fired him." Just then Danny walked in with an umbrella. "Boy I can't believe your coach had you play today!" Jesse looked confused. "How can you fire a little league coach? And how can they just cancel the whole season for their poor little team?!" Danny shrugged his shoulders. "Beats me Jess." "And it was only our fifth game," Michelle added. "We were supposed to play 20." Just then Joey walked in. "Oh hey Michelle," he said. "How was your game?" Michelle sighed. "Why don't I just wear a big sign around my neck that says 'I LOST MY SOFTBALL GAME...AGAIN!'" "Oh that's to bad Michelle, but don't worry. Next week you'll win," Joey said giving Michelle a pat on the back. "No you see Joseph, there isn't going to BE a next week or any other week after that. They apparently fired their little league coach which still confuses me. It's not like the coach gets fired if the kids lose a few games...I mean COME ON!! They don't even do that in the major league!" Joey paused. "Well guys the solution is simple! Just find another nice guy who's good with kids and have him be the coach!" "They already thought of that Joey," Danny sighed. "They asked for parent volunteers but nobody wanted to." "I bet Jesse would make a great coach," Joey said smirking. "Oh come on guys!" Jesse exclaimed. "If there is one thing in life that I can't do it is sports." "But you don't have to play," Danny added. "Just give the kids some encouraging words and tell them to have fun and you'll do great!" "Oh Uncle Jesse PLEASE do it!" Michelle begged. "It would make my team...and me, sooooo happy!" "Well..." Jesse said thinking about it. "I guess I could do it...for Michelle." "Oh THANK YOU Uncle Jesse!" Michelle said hugging him. "Alright munchkin, we can call your teammates, tell them the season is still on because of...SUPER UNCLE. And then if it clears up, we can got out back and I can show you all I know about baseball and you can show me all you know and I'll be fine," Jesse said. Just then DJ and Kimmy walked in with heavy raincoats on. "Jeez it's pouring out there," DJ said. "Oh hey Michelle how was your game?" Michelle shook her head. "Why do I even try?" "Hey shorty you might wanna start working on that sign of yours," Jesse said jokingly. Then the two of them went into the kitchen. "Come on Deej, the sale only lasts another six hours!" Kimmy said impatiently tugging on DJ's raincoat. "We're running out of time!" "Ok Kimmy calm down," DJ said. "Dad, we're going to the mall we'll be back in a few hours." "Ok have fun," Danny said. "Ok Danny I better go, I have to work on my comedy act for Thursday night," Joey said. "Ok then...just don't make any window...CRACK up," Danny snickered at his own bad joke. Joey just left the room shaking his head. "Well it looks like I have some free time," Danny said to himself. "What should I do for fun?" he paused. "Ah ha! I'll go rearrange my sock drawer!" Danny began to whistle as he walked upstairs until Steph and Gia barged through the door. "Dad!" Steph exclaimed out of breath. "You gotta get me and Gia to the Mall!" "Yeah, the sale only lasts another like five hours and 55 minutes," Gia added in. "Ok," Danny said. "Maybe I can get some new socks to rearrange." "You can never get enough of those," Gia said sarcastically.
Be sure to catch the next chapter...Chapter Two-Rules of the Mall...NO STEALING