THE UNWILLING UMPIRE
THE UNWILLING UMPIRE
CHAPTER 1
CRACK! The baseball popped into the warm June air and rose slowly toward the sky.
The crowd leaped to its feet, yelling, "Run! Run!"
Mr. Dillon, the school principal, dropped the bat and raced toward first base.
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose were sitting in the front row of bleacher seats.
Dink's full name was Donald David Duncan, but his friends called him Dink.
"Having a baseball game to raise money was a great idea," Ruth Rose said.
