The last scene of the stadium left in my mind was riding away in Kapp'ns taxi and toward the train station.
A tear dripped down my eye as I came so close to my dream, only to have it taken away and sent to the minors.
"At least I will get to make some friends" I thought to myself.
The rest of the ride to the train station was silent and full of talk radio. This was ok since they were reviewing the Steam Engines' minor league system and had mentioned my name: Bob Cat. That made me smile as I wafted to the land of dreams and slowly dozed off for an hour in the back of a 70 mph cab in the middle of the biggest city ever.
A few minutes until we got there Kapp'n nudged me awake and told me he was stopping to get gas. I hopped out of the cab and went in to grab a newspaper or something for the long train ride down to South Beach, Florida where the Air Hawks (My new team) played.
The door opened with the ringing of a bell and the clerk behind the desk smiled, waved, and said hello. I half-smiled back at him and walked over to the news rack to grab Sports Illustrated, the New York Times, and USA Today's Sports Weekly. All of them I enjoyed reading and liked the writers' style and opinions in the articles.
A quick stop to get a Pepsi and I checked out at the counter.
"You planning a long trip?" asked the clerk, (who I noticed had the badge Tim Nook on his shirt) who he himself noticed that I had a few things-too-many.
"Yeah, sort of. I'm heading down to South Beach, Florida to play for the Air Hawks, a minor league team for the Steam Engines." I replied.
"You mean the New York Steam Engines?" asked Tim.
"Yeah, them! You know of 'em?" I asked with a sheepish grin.
"Know of them? I'm their biggest fan! I have Bill Duckington's autograph! I have Boomer McFly's game used jersey baseball card! I even have their opening day program framed in my room! My dad even left me season tickets when he died and stranded me with his friend Tom Nook, who gave me and my brother, Tommy, his last name..." said Tim.
"Wow... sad story with such a big fan behind it! Tell you what... I'll upgrade your seats, from wherever you're sitting now, to seats behind home plate." I promised.
"WOW! I have upper deck seats right now..." he said, trailing off.
Tim finished checking my things and shoved them into a bag. It cost 20 Bells! "That's crazy" I thought to myself as I walked back to the cab. I heard a faint whistle in the background as the train was pulling up to the tracks behind the gas station.
We arrived in a split second, I waved goodbye to Kapp'n (Who Ill see again, trust me) and boarded the train on the way to South Beach, Florida.