"Let me try to throw you nothing but sliders!" Rhys demanded. "I want to know what the outcome would be!"
I hesitated. "Can I...try from both sides..? I want to know what would be better..."
"Sure!" Rhys hurried back to the cage and collected the very few balls he had thrown to me. He was back on the mound in no time.
I followed along, eager to try my best to hit his slider. I got set in the lefty's batter's box first and looked to Rhys.
Rhys looked beyond me towards Zeke and Noah. "Hey Zeke, you're in charge of the balls and strikes calls. This way it's fair. I have to get it in the strike zone and Jake has to use some of his judgement to swing or not."
"Alright." Zeke agreed.
Rhys calmed down and prepared to pitch.
Knowing that it was going to be a slider, I tried to watch more closely. I needed to get a better grip on the trajectory of this pitch. I gripped my bat, but held back as the pitch came.
