Scene 2
(The kids return with the ball and an old wooden box.)
MILLIE: Here they come!
LUCAS: First of all, yes that home run ball went all the way to the
church, and second of all, yes it did break a window!
JENNA: Oh no, now we're …
JAMIE: … in trouble!
MILLIE: Oh, I don't think so. We go to church there, and the pastor is a
cool guy. In fact, he talks about how he was a big baseball player
when he was young. And his daughter, Miss Sherry, is my
Sunday School teacher.
SAM: And third of all, the ball went in the window, and landed right
… on top … of this box!
RYAN: What is it?
SAM: I don't know, but it looks old, and it says "Hall of Fame" on it!
SHERRY: Excuse me, but did somebody just put a baseball through the
church window?
MILLIE: Oh, we're so sorry, Miss Sherry … we're getting ready for a big
game, and …
SHERRY: (interrupting) Don't worry, Millie, that window already had a
hole in it, and we've needed to replace it anyway. I just want to
know who hit the ball all that way!
JAKE: Uh, sorry, that was me. I'm Jake.
SHERRY: Well Jake, that was quite a smash. When my Dad put in this
field and the backstop years ago next to the church, he put home
plate far enough away that even he couldn't hit the church from
here … and he was actually a big-league player years ago! I
think the church has only been hit once before, and that was by a
Hall of Famer!
(Kids look amazed at each other)
SAM: Your … Dad … was a …
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