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Authors: David Aretha
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Foul Ball Frame-up at Wrigley Field (5 page)
But for some reason, the baseball gods can never just leave us alone.
In the top of the ninth, Phillies slugger Ryan Howard blasted a towering fly ball to left. It sailed over the fence for a home run, bounced high off a concrete step, and landed right in Kevin's hands.
“Throw it back!” the fans chanted. “Throw it back!”
“What are they saying?” my dad asked.
“It's a Cubs tradition,” I told him. “When an opposing player hits a home run, the fans are supposed to throw it back onto the field. It's kinda like, âWe don't want your stinkin' home run.'”
Not wanting to disappoint the fans, Kev reared back and chucked the ball onto the field.
There was only one problem. Left fielder Cabrera had his back turned to us, and Kevin's throw hit him right in the noggin! The Cubs' superstar dropped to the ground like a sack of potatoes!
The crowd gasped, and then went stone-silent. All eyes turned to Cabrera, who was kneeling on the grass with his head down, and then to Kevin, whose expression said “uh-oh. . . .” Finally, after a moment that seemed like an eternity, Cabrera jumped to his feet and waved his cap to the crowd. He was all right, and the fans burst into applause.
My fellow Geeks and I plopped in our chairs, emitting a collective “phew!”
“Remind me,” Omar said, “never to come back to Wrigley Field.”
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Aretha, David.
  Foul ball frame-up at Wrigley Field / David Aretha.
      pages cm. â (The Baseball Geeks adventures ; book 2)
  Summary: When eleven-year-old Omar is unfairly blamed by the media for a Chicago Cubs loss at home, his fellow Baseball Geeks try to clear his name.
  ISBN 978-1-62285-123-2
  1. Wrigley Field (Chicago, Ill.)âJuvenile fiction. 2. Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)âJuvenile fiction. [1. Wrigley Field (Chicago, Ill.)âFiction. 2. Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)âFiction. 3. BaseballâFiction. 4. BlameâFiction.] I. Title.
  PZ7.A6845Fo 2014
  [Fic]âdc23            2012049039
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