The Work of Grace
Stew and I watch as the opposing team’s pitcher hurls another of his assortment of slow balls over the plate and behind their catcher, Jack Mueller shouts, “Strike!”
“You’re going to laugh,” Stew tells me with a side-long glance. “He’s the undertaker’s youngest son. Can’t remember his name just now.”
“That'll do. ’The Undertaker’.” I snort, eyeballing the lanky bespectacled teenager as on the pitcher's mound, he sets, shaking his head at the catcher wanting a different pitch. “Fitting. He’s killing me with the backspins on the damn ball.”
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