Chapter 9: The Tiebreaker
Elliot gets back to The Boulders and tells Vinny what Sarah said.
"I knew she hated." Vinny said.
"I could of told you that." Elliot then said.
"I have to find out why she hates me." Vinny stated.
"She's not going to tell you that." Elliot told him.
"But, sheould tell you." Vinny smiled.
"Oh no. I'm not talking to her about that. She almost bit my head off when I told her to stop this whole prank war." Elliot explained.
Vinny walks outside on the deck and sess Tom and Jimmy.
"My family would of won if Nora's water didn't break." Tom told Jimmy.
"Tom don't kid yourself. My family had a substantial lead." Jimmy stated.
"Then let's have that race again." Tom suggested.
"Fine by me but, we get Vinny." Jimmy replied.
"Take him. We'll still beat you guys." Tom laughed.
"Time out, Tom why don't you want me on your team?" Vinny asked interupting them.
"We don't need you to beat the Murtaugh's." Tom told him.
"Tom, this is the biggest mistake of your life." Vinny smirked.
"Besides letting Lorainne marry you?" Tom then asked.
"That's a low blow Tom." Vinny said.
"Tom, is it really necessary to have a grudge with your son-in-law?" Jimmy then asked.
"Why would I have a grudge with Vinny?" Tom then asked.
"Oh I don't know, maybe it's because he makes more money then you?" Jimmy then asked.
"That's ridiculous." Tom snapped.
"I know, it is." Vinny said.
Vinny gets an idea and brings Jimmy aside.
"I have an idea." Vinny said.
"Which is?" Jimmy then asked.
"Play Tom in a game of football. You can beat him at his own game." Vinny suggested.
"Great thinking." Jimmy laughed.
Jimmy and Vinny walk back over to Tom.
"How about a game of touch football?" Vinny asked.
"No way. You have three guys between the age of 18 and 27." Tom replied.
"Chicken." Vinny then said.
"How about a game of softball?" Tom then suggested.
"You mean baseball, right?" Vinny asked him.
"No, I mean softball." Tom then replied.
"Sure." Jimmy said.
"I'm out. I don't care for softball, because that's more of a girls sport." Vinny stated.
"If you're out of shape I understand." Tom commented.
"I'm in. I'm going to feel bad about beating you." Vinny said.
"Noon tomorrow?" Jimmy questioned.
"Deal." Tom said as him and Jimmy shoke hands.
Tom heads back to his cabin. Jimmy and Vinny go back inside The Boulders.
"What happened?" Kate asked as she saw the look on Tom's face.
"We're playing the Murtaugh's in a game of six man softball." Tom replied.
"For fun?" Kate then asked.
"No, to break the tie from two years ago." Tom then told her.
"Tom, I thought you and Jimmy were friends?" Kate then asked.
"Tell that to him." Tom told her.
"Here we go again." Kate sighed.
Tom tells his kids that's he holing try outs for the team.
"Count me out." Sarah said.
"Me too." Henry then said.
"Dad, this wholething between you and Mr. Murtaugh has to stop." Jake told him.
"Did you guys know that Vinny is playing on Jimmy's team?" Tom asked them.
"He is?" Mike asked.
"And he said it's going to feel really good when they beat us." Tom told them twisting Vinny's words around.
"Figures he would say something like that." Sarah then said.
"Are you sure he said that?" Jake asked.
"Okay he didn't say anything like that but, he would rather be on Jimmy's team then ours." Tom told them.
"I'm in." Sarah then said.
"I need four more." Tom told them.
"I'll play for fun." Mike replied.
"Are you sure you can play with that ankle?" Tom asked him.
Mike nods his head.
"Need three more. Come on guys." Tom said to them.
"I''l play." Charlie said to him.
"Two more. Come guys." Tom pleaded with them.
Bud and Jake agree to participate. At The Boulders.
"Me and Vinny are playing the Bakers in a six man softball game. Any takers?" Jimmy asked his kids.
"Dad, me and Charlie are getting married." Ann told him.
"That doesn't mean you can't play against him in a friendly game of softball." Vinny said.
"I'll play if it's only a friendly game." Elliot replied.
"Three more." Jimmy told them.
Calvin and Daniel agree to play.
"One more. Come one Kenneth." Jimmy said.
"I'll play." Becky said.
"It's a six man softball game. Keyword is man." Vinny told her.
"I'm still playing." Becky told him.
"But, you're a girl." Vinny said.
Becky galres at Vinny.
"I get that look from Lorraine alot." Vinny stated.
"I wonder why?" Becky asked him sarcastically as she walked away.
"She got spunk, she'll do." Vinny said.
"She takes after my first wife." Jimmy told him.
"I see." Vinny replied.
Back at the Baker cabin. The Baker team is doing drills like hitting, fielding and baserunning. Vinny drives up in his Z.
"Are you spying on us?" Tom asked him.
"You got me Tom, I came all they way over here to spy on you guys." Vinny answered sarcastically as he walked inside the cabin.
Lorraine kisses Vinny on the lips. Sarah stares a hole through Vinny.
"It feels like the back of my head is on fire." Vinny said.
Vinny looks back and sees Sarah.
"Figures. The Spawn of Satan was starring a hole through me." Vinny commented.
"Very funny, Mafia Man." Sarah told him.
"What did you call me?" Vinny asked her.
"Mafia Man." Sarah said.
"Just because I'm an Italian American doesn't mean I'm in the Mafia." Vinny calmly said.
"How would I know?" Sarah asked him.
"I don't need this right now." Vinny stated.
"Whatever traitor." Sarah said.
"Your Dad didn't want me on his team." Vinny explained.
"He said that you wanted to play for Jimmy's team." Lorraine said.
"Jimmy said that he wanted me to play for him and your Dad had no objections." Vinny then explained.
"Maybe, he didn't want it to be unfair to Mr. Murtaugh." Lorraine suggested.
"Maybe." Vinny said as he held Lorraine close to him.
Sarah sighs and walks out of the cabin to continue training for the softball game. Vinny and Lorraine sit on the couch and make out. Mike walks in on them.
"Gross." Mike groaned.
"How's that ankle?" Vinny asked as he stop making out with Lorraine.
"It's okay." Mike replied as he walked over still favoring that ankle.
"You can't even walk to the couch. How are you going to be able to run the bases tomorrow?" Vinny asked.
"It's not that bad." Mike told him.
"Let me see it." Vinny said.
Mike takes off his shoe and sock.
"That's gross." Lorraine said as she got up from the couch.
Vinny looks at Mike's ankle that still looks alittle swollen and barely touches it.
"Ow." Mike cringes.
"You can't run on that ankle." Vinny told him.
"Don't tell my Dad." Mike pleaded with him.
"Okay but, if you look like you're in pain tomorrow I'm taking you and myself out of the game to make it fair." Vinny told him.
Mike nods his head in agreement.