O.B. Benson knows that, as a gay baseball player, his only chance to keep from being shut out of the Major Leagues is to stay as far from the public eye as possible. His low profile is threatened when the team manager insists O.B. take part in a TV interview to help boost lagging fan support.<br><br>Avery Turner, TV reporter, is handsome, fit, and definitely pushes O.B.'s libido into high gear. He’s also out -- something O.B.'s situation doesn’t allow. And Avery believes in monogamous commitment -- something O.B. cannot identify with. But when Avery delivers a curveball to the catcher, O.B. doesn’t know how to handle it.<br><br>When O.B.'s interview is aired, he’s forced to evaluate his life of meaningless one night stands. Can O.B. and Avery work out their differences and build a winning team, or will O.B. strike out?

Major League Shutout

Thanks for last night. Talk to you soon.


PS. Coco will probably try to convince you she’s starving. Ignore her. She’s already had her breakfast.


O.B. looked down and, sure enough, the cat was sitting in front of her bowl, looking up at him with pleading eyes. She meowed plaintively.


“Sorry, cat. Ain’t gonna work. I been warned.”


She paid no attention to his remark and meowed again.


O.B. smiled. So this is how the other half lives, he thought.


O.B. went to the bathroom and showered. As he stood in the warm spray he thought of the night with Avery, comparing it to the one with Chuck. Saturday with Chuck had been all about sex. Sunday with Avery had been something more. He sighed. Saturday was the norm. Sunday, as nice as it was, wasn’t going to last.


Subdued by that thought, he stepped out of the shower, dressed, and went to the kitchen.


Chapter 15