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

“He wanted to let me know that he had no interest in me whatsoever and to not bother him anymore because he had this fantastic guy he was head-over-heels in love with and wasn’t now, or would ever be, available to me, that we were over and done with. We had dinner and a drink and he took me home. Believe me, Avery—Mr. Turner—that was it. At dinner all he talked about was you and how much he loved you, how you had changed him, and how he wanted to do everything he could to make you happy. Honest, I was hitting on him at the start, but he’s really hung up on you, man.”


Chuck stopped. He glanced from Avery to O.B. and back to Avery again. O.B. watched Avery, to see if Chuck’s words had gotten through.


Chapter 44