Breaking the slump

The Scrappers beat the Sidewinders Saturday 3-2, which was good, elevating the Scrappers’ season to eight wins and three losses. But the big news was that Mr. B. broke his batting slump. He’d been striking out over and over for several games, usually on called strikes, the new, disconcerting wrinkle in his Little League play this year–so disconcerting it often provokes tears and mutterings about unfair umpires. So Saturday he hit a grounder. He was thrown out at first, but he was smiling, glad to have finally made contact.