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

“I’ll wait while you take your shower. We’ll be in the conference room in the clubhouse. I’ll meet you there when you’re ready, and we’ll go over the format for the piece,” Avery said with a smile.


O.B. was relieved on some level that Avery hadn’t wanted to ambush Neil by waiting for him by his locker as he came out of the shower like had happened before O.B.’s interview. At the same time, O.B. was rattled by Neil’s comments about Avery.


When Neil left, O.B. stood awkwardly by his locker, feeling embarrassed to take his clothes off in front of Avery, despite having been intimate with the man for the past couple of days.


Avery leaned against the wall of lockers. “Neil seems a bit nervous.”


“Yeah, well, I was, too, if you remember.”


Avery chuckled. “You still look a little unnerved. What’s wrong?”


Chapter 19