Abe's Mitt

Um. Um… Hi! I'm Takaya's mitt. Well, one of them, anyway…. But he says I'm the best, and he always takes me out so he can use me for official games! Before, he'd use me a lot, but I'm getting a little old, so he lets the other catchers do the job during practice. But that's okey, he was using me during his whole middle school, and he says I'm lucky. Uhi.

When I was a young mitt, Takaya and I used to be abused a lot. Well, not really abused. Um, bruised often. His pitcher then, Motoki-kun, he had really strong balls and it was hard for us to catch. When I did, I'd feel juuust a little mauled around. Takaya used to cry at night because of it, but that was when he was still little and stuff.

Takaya didn't use to let other people touch me. When he was in middle school, he didn't really mind, either, but someone accidentally scratched me and he got reaaally angry. There was a biiig fight! Good thing Motoki-san was there. He bullied the other guys away and then made Takaya stop crying. Takaya used to cry a lot. But--but they were manly tears!

I'm surprised, though. He let his new pitcher carry me during one of their games. He let the new pitcher carry all of his gear, actually, so I guess it doesn't count, but he's never let anyone touch me after that time so it does matter!

The new pitcher—uh, Renren—he's really nice. His balls don't hurt when I catch them, either, and Takaya's wrists don't seem to get achey after. That is really good! Takaya seems happier now with his new team. I'm not sure why. His old teammates weren't all that bad! Maybe he likes it that everyone's his age?

He makes sure to clean me often. He says it's relaxing. I'm not sure why, but okey, if it makes Takaya happy! Some days, he cleans me more than usual. Like after practice and he comes home extra late because he says (to his mom. Um, I don't mean to eavesdrop, I just overhear!) that he walked Renren home.

Oh, he wants to clean me now. It kinda tickles when he's all distracted like that, but that's no problem, I'm tough!

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9:10 PM 2/21/2008