Sunshine had asked if Monkey Man wanted to go to the park after school..yes of course..school is about finished for the year..warm spring air and maybe today would be the day he beats Sunshine on the monkey bars..he didn't take offense at them being called monkey bars..didn't feel it was a racial thing at all..the should call them Sunshine bars..the normal routine. .they race the bars..best 8 of 15..well after number 8 they went and sat at the table..slapped hands and Sunshine laughed the beautiful laugh..just a breeze blows by..a piece of paper lands on the table..they turn it over..Baseball tryouts in two weeks..Monkey Man was ready..just as Sunshine says I wanna play..
Monkey Man made a pair of fatal mistakes in the seconds following. .first was but your a girl..and second was your to small..Sunshine with all the grace of a pissed off ten year old proceeded to bring up. .speed skating..backwards skating..horse shoes. .badminton. .lawn darts..water Polo..shooting craps and five card stud..we don't talk about soap box derbys. .Monkey Man gives in..he knows he is the primate Willie Mays the greatest center fielder to ever live..they slap hands again..game on where gonna try out. .bring your glove tomorrow and we will get in some practice. .
The next day after school they meet at the park..Monkey Man thinking a few minutes of chimp ball and Sunshine will give it up..well seems she had a pretty good arm..and a decent glove..little work on the backhand and she would be pretty good..the amazing thing was here ability to track down fly balls..she would be an OK right fielder. .tomorrow they were gonna go to the batting cage..
Now all men or monkeys by the age of 10 know girls can't hit a baseball..its a hand, eye, breast and buttocks thing..just the different equipment nothing about gender. .so when they reach the batting cage Monkey Man hands Sunshine his official 26 inch if Willy Mays was 10 this is the bat he would use slugger..its almost as tall as she is...she takes a couple of practice hacks and says its a little light but it will work..she steps into the cage and drops a quarter. .sets it at 50..MM is snickering..Even he can't hit 50's..first pitch and see drives it right down the pipe..silence emerges from the monkey seats..10 pitches all hit in play..line drives..well let show her some power..Monkey Man steps in...if she can hit 50 I surely can..6 bad misses, 3 fouls balls and one hard long drive later the slap hands and call it a day..two weeks of practice and the big day comes..
As Monkey Man and Sunshine pack their gear onto the practice field they could hear the snickering. .parents are the worst..as player were chosen for teams they were the last..Both trying out for the A's..They gather round the coach..ground rules are laid out and the games begin..Sunshine wins the wind sprints hands down..excelled in fielding and fly balls..held her own with the bat..Monkey man struggled a little in the field taking a high fly ball off the forehead..and tripping on firstbase..seems he may never get past first base..at the plate he tag a couple of good ones and whiffed 6 pitches in a row..last pitch he knew he had to show his stuff..hi tights fastball...tagged it. ..over the fence..over the next fence and through the windsheild of the dodgers coaches pick up truck..as the players were announced the team within the team remained in tact...they slapped hands once again..
The first practice the coach asks where each player wanted to play..Sunshine says centerfield. .Now Monkey Man had considered that his home..as he hung his head realty bites his ass..She is faster..has a better glove and worked much harder for it..he tells the coach he will play right field..some one has too..the field in place and the season looms..opening day..they play the dodgers..champions 26 years running..as Sunshine steps to the plate the boys are laughing and whistling. .Monkey Man is about to go ape on some 12 year old ass when she drives one into the gap in right center..stand up triple. .the next two batters strike out..hitting clean up is the Monkey Man. .Sunshine on third with two outs..first pitch fastball down the pipe..driven deep..gonna make parking lot..through the windshield of the dodgers coaches pick up truck as Monkey Man does his best Willy Mays impression rounding the bags..Sunshine waits for him the touch home..over the head they slap hands..and my Friends was the start of a fantastic season and the birth of the world practiced high five...love ya
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