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

As O.B. walked through the lobby, several of his teammates greeted him. He nervously engaged in small talk. All the while he kept glancing at the phone still held tightly in his hand, willing it to ring while at the same time hoping he’d get to the privacy of his room before it did.


When he finally reached his room, Jake Robinson was there, stretched out on one of the beds, watching the evening news.


Crap!How could he have forgotten he had a roommate! He couldn’t talk here. Without saying a word to Jake, he turned to leave.


“O.B.?” Jake called to him as he opened the door.


“Uh, no. Just need to…I forgot to get…uh…need some Tums. Stomach’s upset.”


Shit, that’s smooth, Benson!he told himself.


“I think I got something in my bag, hold on.” Jake got up and walked over to his duffel.


O.B. stood, half in and half out of the room, not knowing what he’d do if Jake came up with something for his imaginary stomachache.


Chapter 30