"Why would I hide someone back there? your the only one on this team that can take us to nationals this year. Why would I risk you being cut from the team mainly when it means this much to you?" He leaned back laying down on the bench. "Baseball is the only thing I have, and if your anything like me it's all you have. Holding the bat in your hands while your in the bottom of the ninth. Two outs, two strikes, and three balls, Coach is yelling at you to get the walk and win the game. Do you listen to him, or do you swing and go for the gold with a grand slam?"
He was talking about the game that ended his career, the game where he was ridiculed and torn down. He had hit the ball deep left field but it stayed in play everyone else had made it home and he was rounding third as the ball was thrown. Somehow the outfielder missed his mark and threw the ball along the line and it rolled under Keith's foot causing him to fall and break his knee in three places. The emergency surgery went well as did the rehab, but when the next season came around he couldn't run like the majors needed him to. The year they let him go the won the world series, and Keith had missed out on it. "What do you do?" He asked once again not even thinking about what her answer might be.