Mac got into position and everything got tense "Bring it on skirt" he said, Hayleigh did the same throw I did and Mac didn't even swing "Come on pitch it already" he said standing straight, Pinny lifted her mask and stood up, she smugly showed Mac the ball before throwing it back to Hayleigh "I call time, what the hell was that?" he shouted going over to the boys, the girls high fived each other and I chuckled, the boys looked at the girls and they turned around to show the boys what team they played for, realisation dawned on the boys and they all groaned
"Hey, you can't do that underhand pitch thing, it's against the rules of baseball, I'm just tellin yah" Mac said, the girls turned back around "No it's not, there's no rule against it, so it's legal, and fair"Pinny said "Oh, okay, thanks" Mac said obviously lost for words, the girls turned back around and the boys chatted, I noticed David take the bat and head for position "Excuse me, what are you doing?" Hayleigh asked, David had taken Mac's place and I relaxed into my seat, Hayleigh pitched and he hit a foul ball that nearly took me out, I threw it to Hayleigh and she pitched again, it was another foul ball.
After long hours of foul balls we were all getting tired "Well?" Hayleigh said "Well what?" David asked "I'm asking if you wanna call the game on account of it's gonna get dark soon"she replied "If your too tired" David said on a wind up "I didn't say I was tired" she snapped "Uh Hayleigh"Jinny said "What?" Hayleigh shouted obviously frustrated "Maybe we should call it, until tomorrow I mean" Jinny suggested "Yeah, David man, it's gonna get dark soon, it's a safety issue yah know?"Mac said "Hayleigh, dinner time" Hayleigh's mom shouted over the fence "Forfit, that's a forfit" Mac exclaimed "David, time to take your bath!" Mom shouted afterwards "It's a draw then" Pinny said, Hayleigh stormed away and the girls left
"Hey David, your mom still makes you take a bath at 6:00?"Sol asked "Shut up Sol!" David shouted "Fine, tomorrow then, you little baby"Hayleigh said "Your on spoilt brat"David replied, I jumped onto Mac's bike and we rode away.
I was with Singleton later on only he wasn't in practice this time "Can I ask yah somethin?" I asked putting on my fake Southern Bell accent again, apparently he loved my accent for some reason so I kept it up "Go ahead" he said licking his ice cream "What do you think about, girls playin baseball?" I asked nervously, he nearly choked on his ice cream "What?" he said, I shrugged "Nothin, just popped up I guess" I said, he nodded "Well, I think baseballs a man's game, Softballs for girls" he replied, I inwardly sighed knowing that would be the answer
"So you don't think they can play?" I asked, he shook his head and chuckled "No way, not better than guys anyway" he said, I licked my mint ice cream "Why'd you ask?" he asked, I shook my head "Just curious I guess" I said "Yah know, I really want that Sandlot" he said, I tensed "Really?" I asked, he nodded "Yeah, I'd do anything to get it" he said in deep thought, I nodded and carried on with my ice cream.