HEATH

Heath

T.J., Carlos, and several guys were playing baseball against another team.  Heath rode up to the field and brought back a baseball that had flew over the fence (one of T.J.'s hits).  The rival team told T.J. that Heath had recently move to Angel Grove and that he was on their team.  Heath walked up to T.J. and told him he heard that T.J. was pretty good.  T.J. went to shake his hand, but Heath placed the baseball in his hand instead.  The game continued and Heath began pitching.  Much to the disbelief of T.J.'s team and the joy of the rival team, Heath struck out T.J.  Another day, another game.  Heath continued to strike out T.J. and his team with his curve ball.  T.J. asked Heath if he would give him some pointers, but Heath refused.  Heath told T.J. he had spent years perfecting his curve ball.  Later in the day, T.J. and Carlos watch Heath as he practiced some pitches.  Heath noticed them as well.  He watched T.J. ride away on his bike and quickly got on his own bike.  Heath caught up to T.J. and challenge him to a race.  T.J. refused and Heath thought T.J. was scare that Heath was going to beat him again.  Intent on showing T.J. up again, Heath went over the side of the rode.  Heath managed to hang on until T.J. could pull him up.  Heath told T.J. he owed him one, but T.J. told him he didn't owe him a thing.  Another day, Heath was at the field again.  Heath had decided how he would pay T.J. back.  T.J. and Carlos showed up.  Heath called T.J. over and started telling him how to hit his curve ball.  The only condition was that T.J. could not tell anyone else.  Heath and T.J. practiced together and T.J. learned how to hit Heath's curve ball.  T.J. would later use this knowledge to defeat Strikeout.  Another day, and another baseball game was under way.  Heath was striking out as usual, but not feeling as good as it usually made him feel.  Heath left the pitcher's mound and began to explain to T.J.'s team how to hit his curve ball.

The Curve Ball