He drank another glass of champagne inside the ranch house with Teri. She caught him up on everything happening with her baseball career. Even though the Isotopes liked her, they were still using her mostly for middle relief. But she was sure they were going to start her soon.
“How about the other players? Are they treating you all right?” She’d had some issues when she first came to the league. Change didn’t happen easily in the world of baseball.
“Yeah, mostly. There’s this one…” She trailed off and waved her hand in dismissal. “Never mind. I don’t want to talk about it. Hey, did you hear I might get traded to the Catfish?”
He wanted to pin her down on that particular “one,” but Dean McFarrin showed up just then with more champagne.
Two glasses of champagne later, Jim switched to sho
