Seventeen-year-old Thad Stevens loves baseball -- he’s loved it for as long as he can remember. Thad’s dream of becoming a batboy comes true when he’s chosen to be on the squad for the Buzzards, a local, semi-pro baseball team.<br><br>His duties put him in constant contact with his idol, shortstop Iggy Hernandez. Thad struggles with his growing attraction to the handsome ball player.<br><br>One day Thad accidentally discovers Iggy has a secret life. What will Thad do with this new information, and what implications does it have for the young batboy and his relationship with the man he admires?

The Batboy

He wished he had someone to talk to, someone who would understand. Link and Dale sure weren’t an option. He couldn’t go to his father or his minister—no way! He’d heard too many times from the church about such dangers as same-sex marriage, anti-discrimination laws, adoption by gay couples, and electing true Christian conservatives to get the country back on the road to righteousness. Thad couldn’t understand how any of these things were threats to civilization. But he kept his silence, knowing what the reaction would be to any admission on his part that he feared he was gay. 


Chapter 9