It is the bottom of the ninth in the Babe Ruth All Stars ten and under World Series championship game. Florida, who call themselves the Braves, is winning two to one against Virginia, who call themselves the Yankees. The Yankees have runners on first, and third. A tie would put them into extra innings, and two runs would win them the game, and the world series. Their star hitter, Austin Doggett, is up to bat.
His dad is over at third base, and his Uncle Mulder is at first.
His dad is the manager, and his Uncle is the coach. His best friend Jackson's dad is the assistant coach.
He looks over at his dad for his signal.
John tapped his cap once, hit his wrist twice, brushed his hand up against his chest, then tipped his cap, and tapped his nose twice. Which means for Austin to look.
Austin got into his stance then, the pitch came.
"Strike one!"The umpire yelled.
Austin nods his head then looks back at his father for the next signal.
John tapped his hat twice then tapped his nose three times, brushed his hand on his chest then hit his wrist twice, and tipped his cap. Which means for him to swing.
Austin got back into his stance. Then, the next pitch came and:
"Strike two!"The umpire yelled again.
Austin stepped out of the batter's box, and turns around to face his dad. John nods his head then tipped his cap twice, tapped his watch once, brushed his hand up against his chest, tapped his nose once, and tapped his thigh twice. Which means for Austin to repeat the second thing John told him.
Austin stayed out of the batter's box for a little bit longer, and closed his eyes.
He pictured him in his backyard with his dad, Kyle, and Kelsey.
His dad pitching to him, his brother catching, and his little sister shagging the balls with her softball glove until their mother calls them in for dinner.
Then their dad complains like child, and asks for five more minutes, and their mother can't help it but say yes, and come out, and play herself.
Austin stepped into the batter's box, and got into his stance. He pictured that the pitcher is his father, and the catcher is his older brother, and Kelsey is out in the field, and it's just the three of them practicing.
The pitch comes, and Austin hits it, it's going out over the center fielder's head, and drops dead right at the edge if the fence.
The center fielder runs as fast as he can to get the ball as Austin started rounding the bases.
His Uncle Mulder is moving his right arm in a circle, and yelling:
"Run Austin!"He yelled as loud as he can.
The crowd started getting excited as Austin rounded the bases.
The center fielder got a hold of the ball as Austin starts going for third.
John brushed his hand up against his chest, and tapped his watch once signaling Austin to go for home, and Austin starts speeding the character's way.
The character is standing in front of home with his mask off, and ready to catch the ball from the pitcher as Austin is only a few feet away.
The catcher gets the ball, as Austin slides into home. He collides with the catcher, and after his foot touches home as the catcher lays his glove that has the ball in it on Austin's side, and Austin's foot wraps around the catcher's ankle, and the catcher steps on it, and the only sound that the whole audience herd was:
Crack
The umpire checked to see what the call is and said:
"Safe!"As the crowd cheered, and Austin's teammates, his coach, Uncle Mulder, and dad came to the plate.
His mother, sister, and brother came over to plate, and his aunt, and cousins come along as well.
Austin tried to stand up, and greet all of the people, but it hurt too much.
"Ow!"Austin cried out in pain.
"Ohh honey, what is it?"Monica asked as she bent down towards her son.
"My ankle, it hurts a lot."Austin said as he began to cry.
John untied Austin's shoe, and took off his sock, and Scully examined it.
"It is most likely either broken or fractured."Scully told them."We should get him to the hospital to get an x-ray done on it."Scully continued to tell them.
"Okay, we'll drive straight to the hospital."John told her as he picked Austin up.
They then drove straight to the hospital and Austin got an x-ray done.
He had fractured it, and he had to stay on a boot for a month, and needed some crutches for a few days for him put his weight on to help him get used to the boot.
They then brought Austin home, and he was lying down on the couch in the family room watching Family Guy when his dad walked in. Austin then quickly changed the channel to SportsCenter, and acted like he was watching that all along.
"Hey Austin."John said as he walked in.
"Hey."Austin said as he looked over at his dad then back at the TV.
"Sorry that you fractured your ankle,"John said as he sat down on the couch next to his son.
"Ehh, it's not your fault dad."Austin said as he turned off the TV.
"Well, I thought that you might want to come outside."John said, trying not to smile.
"Why?"He asked."I can't play any sports, or anything for a month."Austin said, with a hit of sadness in his voice.
"There's other things you can do outside. The doc said that you can swim."John suggested
"Okay, I'll get my trunks on."Austin said as John threw him his trunks.
Austin got his bathing suit on, with a little help since he is still getting used to the boot, and put a bag over his boot.
John helped him walk out with crutches.
When they walked out on the porch, John turned the porch lights on, since it was eight, and then his whole team jumped out, and yelled:
"Surprise!"They said excitedly.
"Wow, you guys moved the party over here?"Austin asked.
"Well, we thought that it would be better for you."John said with a smile.
"Yeah, we didn't want to leave you out."Jackson told him as he gave Austin a bro-hug.
"Thanks guys, your best."Austin said with a smile.
They then all jumped into the pool.