1.1.18
The following day, Team Building Day, Colton found himself on the makeshift mound in the grassy knoll behind CTC Headquarters. He’d stepped in as pitcher during the bottom of the fifth and now, the bottom of the ninth, he’d thrown a no-hitter. His team, the Insurgents, a hodgepodge conglomerate of extractors and upper executives of the CTC, had a five-point advantage over the Rascals, an equally hodgepodge team consisting of Command Center agents, secretarial workers, and even some of the custodial staff. He pondered the score: 7-2. Two outs. Winning was an inevitability at this point; securing a no-hitter for the duration of his time on the plate would just be the cherry on top.
The last batter, Larry Herrick, the same man Colton had harassed weeks ago in the Command Center, step
