Brian Gotta

Below is an excerpt from my youth sports novel, Hanging in There.

Smack! Ted shot his glove hand up at the exact right instant and backhanded the grounder! He paused for a second and looked into his mitt in disbelief.

“You got it!” Mickey said. “Nice grab!”
“Throw it Teddy! Fire it to first!” Mickey’s dad yelled.
Ted took the ball out and heaved it as hard as he could towards

Mickey. The ball bounced in front of him and scooted into foul territory.

“My fault Ted,” Mickey said. “Should have had it.”

Ted hardly heard him. He had just made the greatest play of his career. If he could make a play like that, maybe that Teen League tryout wouldn’t be a waste of time.