How It All Goes Down
- Henry arrives, and he marches right into the dugout and sits down like he belongs there.
- Coach Cox tells him to get his uniform on and go coach first base.
- Immediately, Henry starts overthinking things: "Coaching first base wasn't hard, but you could certainly screw it up" (75.31).
- Owen asks Henry where Guert is, but Henry says he hasn't seen him.
- We'll leave the rest of the play-by-play to the professionals, but here are the highlights of the game:
- Henry is taunted by an annoying girl from Boston in the stands.
- Quisp tears an abdominal muscle.
- The rival pitcher hits Sooty Kim with a pitch, accidentally on purpose.
- Schwartz gets a call from Pella that Guert is dead.
- Owen can't bat so Henry has to step in.
- Henry gets ready, but will he swing the bat?