Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 05:26:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: Joe Hunter <hunterjoe45@yahoo.com>
Subject: Baseball Diamond Tails - 6B

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BASEBALL DIAMOND TAILS - 6B
(copyright 2012, Joe Hunter)

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 Shortstop:  Part B
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On Saturday morning I arranged some drills at the beginning of practice so
the boys could work on double plays and I gave Sean some special
instruction on the pivot.

"This takes a lot of repetition to get right.  You need to work on it at
home, too."

"I will," he promised.  The young boy had his shirt off and his hard
slender body gleamed with sweat.  I gave him a pat on the shoulder and
nodded.

Base running and situation drills followed the infield work, and a spirited
batting practice used up the rest of our time.  I watched with satisfaction
as Shane cranked a few shots that left the field.

"That extra work is really starting to pay off," I told the boy and he
smiled happily.

After practice I cleaned up the equipment and went home as soon as I could
because I had something special planned and I hoped Shane would come over.
Sure enough, I had no sooner put the equipment bags away when he came
peddling up on his bike, still dressed as he had been at the field - just a
ball cap, gym shorts and his Nikes.  His slender muscular body gleamed in
the sunlight, the satin shorts were dark with sweat, clinging to a firm
rounded butt and his smooth skin was hairless except for the fuzz on his
forearms.  With his long unruly blond hair, blue eyes and upturned little
nose he looked like the boy everyone wants their son to be.

"You doin’ anything, Coach?"

I smiled at him.  "You and I are both doing something.  Stow that bike in
the garage and let's go."

He wheeled the three-speed into my dim garage and I followed.  Back by the
workbench where we propped the bike we were out of sight from the street so
I put an arm around the boy's smooth naked shoulders and gave him a little
hug.

"Nice job in practice today, son."

Shane's reaction surprised me a little.  He put both arms around my waist
and hugged back.  I folded him against me, stroking his firm back and the
boy rested his head on my chest.

After a few loving pats I released him.  "Come on.  I'm taking you
fishing."

The boy looked up with delight.  "Coach!  For real!"

He helped me load rods and tackle boxes into the back of the Blazer and we
drove off to a supermarket where I bought a cheap foam cooler, ice, soda
and submarine sandwiches.

"That should hold us," I told the boy, giving him soda and a sandwich to
munch on, and we headed out of town toward the nearby mountain wilderness
area.  Shane ate hungrily and sipped at his soda, his immature but
well-formed upper body gleaming in the sunlight flooding through the
windshield.  The satin gym shorts were very brief and his smooth muscular
legs almost bare.

"Coach," he said, looking down in embarrassment.  "You're really nice."

I looked over at him fondly.  The boy's face was red and I saw his eyes
glance my way and then flick down again.  I reached over to pat his supple
thigh.

"Shane, this is our second season together.  Are you telling me that it’s
only now you're finding out that I'm a nice guy and that I like you."

The boy smiled shyly.  He shook his head.

"Thanks’ for telling me anyway," I told him gently.  "It makes me feel
pretty special.  I guess you know I think you're awfully special, too."

The boy nodded again and his face got even redder.

Our town was close to the mountains and we headed into the wilderness area
twenty minutes after leaving Main Street.  I dropped the Blazer into
four-wheel drive and we began climbing a dirt fire road that led 3000 feet
up to the top of the first set of ridges.  There were magnificent views all
the way and Shane stared out the window in wonder.

"This is awesome, Coach."

"Haven’t you been up here before?"

He shook his head.  "No one ever took me fishing before."

Up on top the road wound back into a wild country of pine forest and vast
alpine meadow.  The area abounded with wildlife; I had often seen elk, mule
deer and even a few bears.  I drove the Blazer along the fire road for
another half hour until we emerged at last in an open grassy area with a
mountain stream running through it.  To the west, upland ranges swept away
toward high peaks.  I parked the Blazer behind a thicket of pine where it
was hidden from the road.

Shane got out and looked around, staring at the great wall of mountains
thrust up into the western sky.

"Coach," he whispered, "Coach...  it's beautiful."

I got the fishing gear and led Shane down the sunny meadow to the stream.

"Stay in the sunshine,” I warned, “Or else put my sweatshirt on.
Remember, it's summer down in town, but it's only spring up here.  It's
cool in the shade."

The boy put his hand in the water and pulled it right back out again.

"That’s cold!"

"Snow melt... Run-off from the high peaks.  The trout like it, though."

I showed him how to bait his hook and then turned him loose so he could try
his luck.

It was a wonderful afternoon of fun and adventure for the boy.  Shane had a
marvelous time.  Instead of the shy quiet youngster I had been accustomed
to, all at once there was a bright exuberant boy who asked question after
question and never stopped talking.  He wanted to share everything with me.
He kept pointing to things that interested him, and listened attentively to
the explanations I gave.

He never left my side.  Some boys when they went fishing with me wanted to
go off on their own.  Not Shane.  The boy was hungry for companionship and
wanted my company.

We get lucky at one point.  My eye caught a movement far up the meadow and
I put a hand on the boy's warm shoulder to whisper, "Don't move!"

Very slowly I handed him my binoculars.  "Look right over there," I
murmured, pointing.

It was a group of mule deer, one of them a doe with her fawn.  Shane stared
through the binoculars in rapt fascination.

"It’s like I could touch them," he whispered.

"We’re downwind.  They can't smell us," I told him softly.  "As long as we
don't move they can't see us either."

"Coach, this is so cool!"  Shane breathed.

Later, in a highlight of the day, Shane caught a trout.  It was a nice
cutthroat.  He played it and brought it in all by himself and I helped him
net it.  When I held it up for him he was almost dancing with excitement.

"I got him, Coach!  I got him!  Coach, you can eat ‘em, can't you?"

"You certainly can," I said, chuckling.  "We'll put this guy on ice in the
cooler.  You can take him back for dinner."

"Coach, this is the greatest!"  Shane was bubbling with excitement.  He
hugged me with an arm around my waist and I stroked his hard muscular back,
reaching down to pat his rounded butt.

"Shane," I told him softly, "You're just the best kid in the whole world.
I'm glad you like this."

After I took a picture of him with my Polaroid, we stashed his fish in the
cooler and then shared a soda in celebration.  Shane stared out at the
jagged line of peaks to the west.  "Coach, you ever gone over there?"

I nodded.  "Oh yeah... Been all through that country.  It's wild.  Wild and
rugged."

"I bet it's beautiful," the boy said wistfully.

"Someday I'll take you to see it."

"Can we?"  The boy turned eagerly.  "For real?"

"For real," I promised.

"I wanna’ do that," he whispered softly, gazing again at the distant peaks.

We went back for more fishing and Shane wanted to know everything.  Why was
it was colder the higher we went?  How did trout survive in the winter?
What were the names of all the different wildflowers?  What did the mule
deer do when the snow got deep?  What did they eat?  He kept checking the
alpine slopes with the binoculars to see if he could spot more deer, or an
elk.

We wandered from one end of the meadow to the other, following the stream.
I showed the boy where all the likely spots were for fish to be hiding and
we got some nibbles, but no more strikes.  This did not bother Shane in the
slightest.  As long as I was with him he was happy.

The sun began to slip lower in the sky and I started to think about getting
home.  We retraced our steps back along the stream toward the Blazer.  It
was still bright and warm, but it would get cold quickly up in the
mountains as the sun went down and I did not want Shane to get chilled.

As we ambled along Shane held out his arms, and then twisted his chest
around.  "Look, Coach," he said proudly.  "I'm getting brown."

"Yeah, you're getting a nice tan," I told him.  "You'll be even browner
after today.  There's less atmosphere to block the sun's rays up here."

Shane looked down at himself.  "I know I'm growing.  We should measure me
again."

Shane was fascinated by his developing body and we had established a
special place on a door frame in my apartment where we could record his
height.  Every Saturday he would stand with his back against it so I could
put a ruler on top of his head and pencil a mark on the painted wood frame.
Then he would carefully measure how tall he was.

"I bet just bein’ up here in all this mountain air is makin’ you grow," I
told him, putting my arm around his smooth shoulders.  The boy wrapped an
arm around my waist and we walked slowly along in happy silence enjoying
the sunshine and the spectacular setting.

When we got back to the Blazer, I put the fishing equipment away while
Shane sat on the front bumper looking out at the mountains.

"Coach?"  He asked when I came around to join him.  "Coach, can you tell
how tall I'm gonna’ be?"

"Can't say exactly," I told him.  "I can make an educated guess.  You'll be
as tall as your brothers."

The boy gave me an anxious look.  "But my oldest, oldest brother’s short
like my mother, and my other brother is tall like my father.  How can we
tell what I'll be?"

"Well, there are ways," I said, smiling to reassure him.  "We’ll track how
much you’re growing now and then see how long that might keep up."

"How do you do that?"

"We check to see where you are in your stage of puberty."

"What's puberty?"  Shane asked, puzzled.

"That's the change you’re going through.  You know - from being a boy to a
man.  There’s different stages.  We check the stage you’re in and predict
how much longer you’ll keep growing."

"Ohhhhh," Shane said thoughtfully, nodding in comprehension.  "What stage
am I in, Coach?"

"I'd have to check you to see.  The only way to do it is to look at your...
you know..." I waved down at his shorts.

The boy stared at me, his face turning a bit red and then he looked down.

"Can you check me, Coach?"  He gave me a quick glance.  "Please?  I want
you to."

I hesitated, and then told him fondly, "Sure, I'll check if you want.  But
you have to promise that it will be private.  Just between you and me.  You
can't tell your brother or your parents or anyone."

Shane looked hurt.  "I wouldn't do that Coach.  I don't tell them about
anything I do.  The only person I tell anything to is you."

"I know that." I reached to stroke his hair.  "I just wanted to be sure."

The boy stood up and glanced around.  "Can anyone see us here, Coach?  I
don't want no one to see me."

"I don't think there's anybody around but us" I assured him.  "But I'll
tell you what.  Why don't you get in the car and we'll do it there.  It'll
be more private."

Shane scrambled into the passenger seat of the Blazer while I got in on the
driver’s side.  I showed the boy how to adjust the seat back so he could
stretch out comfortably, almost lying down.

"OK," I told him gently.  "Pull your shorts down."

Putting his hands on the waist of his lemon colored gym shorts Shane looked
out the window one more time to be sure we were alone, and then lifted his
hips and slid the shorts to his knees.  He was wearing a small jock
underneath.  His smooth brown tan ended halfway up his thighs, leavings the
glossy skin of hips, groin and butt a glistening milky white.

I reached over to tug at the waistband of his jock and Shane put his thumbs
under it, lifting his hips again to push it down.  I helped him slide
supporter and shorts down his graceful lower legs all the way to his
ankles.

Naked, the boy stretched out on the seat while I leaned over him.  He had
just begun to develop.  The tight little nut sack was slightly enlarged and
his penis was just a little thicker and longer than a little boy's.  His
smooth groin was absolutely hairless, as was the rest of his body except
for the light down on his forearms.  I stroked my hand over his tight
muscular belly.  It was like touching warm silk.

As I watched, the circumcised head of the boy stick moved and its shaft
stiffened.  Shane glanced at me and put his hand down to cover himself in
embarrassment, but I shook my head and moved his hand away.

"It's all right," I told him softly.  "It happens."

The boy's penis lifted into a rigid four inch boner.  I put my fingers on
the hard shaft, stroked gently and then moved to his smooth rounded thighs
and coaxed them apart.  I brushed his sensitive nut sack with my fingertips
and watched the skin pull up and wrinkle, and then I rubbed his straining
boy stick again.

"Squeeze your butt real tight," I told the boy.  Shane tensed his muscles
and the shaft of his engorged boner swelled under my fingers.

"OK," I said, "Relax."

I rubbed the boy some more, letting my fingertips brush over his blunt tip,
and then after giving his firm thighs a few last strokes, reached to pull
up Shane's little jock.  Reluctantly the boy lifted to help, the muscles in
his lean belly hardening into ridges.  He pulled his supporter back up
slowly and then his shorts.

"You're going to be tall," I assured him.  "You're just starting to
develop.  You have a lot of growth ahead of you."

"Are you sure, Coach?"

"Absolutely.  You're following a perfect pattern.  I can see your growth
spurt just beginning in your legs."

"What do you mean?"

"Boys always grow their legs first," I explained.  "Look in a mirror and
you’ll see it.  Your legs are a little bigger and more developed than the
rest of you.  That's because your growth is starting there, just the way
it's supposed to.  Gradually your chest, shoulders and arms will catch up
as you get taller."

"Gee, I hope my feet don't get much bigger," Shane said looking at his
ruefully.

I laughed.  "They won't.  They just look big to you now because your lower
body is growing so fast."

I stroked his smooth thigh.

"Stretch your leg out," I told him.  The boy extended his lower leg and I
squeezed the hard muscle.  "You're strong here..."  My palm slid over the
delicate contours of his knee and then the graceful swell of calf.

"Nice," I said.  "OK, put it down."

I let my hand glide back up the silky skin inside the boy's thigh and brush
over his satin shorts.  Inside the pouch of his supporter he was still
rigidly hard.  I pressed on the straining bulge gently, and then moved my
hand up onto Shane’s slender tummy.  Pushing beneath the elastic of shorts
and jock my fingers slid down onto silky warmth.

"Now lift both legs," I told him softly.

Shane pulled up both of his legs.  The muscles in his lower belly became
rock hard.  I slid my palm over his groin creases, feeling the rounded
gloss of his upper thighs.

"OK, relax," I said, and Shane lowered his legs again. Brushing lightly
with my fingertips I moved to his groin, rubbed up and down his rigid shaft
several more times and then finally withdrew my hand.

"Put your arms over your head and stretch," I told the boy softly and Shane
extended his arms, stretching his body, head arching back.  I stroked his
firm chest and rounded shoulders, and then my palms circled down the satiny
smoothness of his sides.

"You're gonna’ be tall, Shane," I assured him.  "And very well developed.
I'm positive."

The boy’s eyes were locked on mine.  "Thanks, Coach."

I helped him sit up and as we reset his seat back to the normal position I
moved my hands around, brushing against his shorts, confirming that he was
still hard.

"Time we got goin’," I said.  "I've gotta’ get you home."

Shane squirmed a bit in his seat.  He glanced quickly at me.  "We can stay
longer, Coach.  I don't gotta’ be home right away.  We can like..."  He
gave me another glance.  “You can like check me more if you want...”

"It gets pretty cold up here when the sun goes down," I told him.  "Best if
we go now."

I got the Blazer started and we four-wheeled back across the ridge on the
fire road.  As we descended, Shane stared out the window at the view.

"This is so cool," he kept telling me.

It was late afternoon by the time we reached the bottom of the mountain.  I
flipped the transfer case back into 2-wheel drive and we started the short
trip back to town.

"Coach?"  Shane asked anxiously, "Can you help me cook my fish, please?"

"Won't your brother or his wife help you?"

The boy shook his head.  "On Saturday nights they usually have a party.
They won't want to."

"Let's wait and see."

The trailer where Shane's brother and his wife lived was not too far from
my apartment.  Shane gave me directions and I parked in front on the
street.

"Stay here, I'll go talk to them."

As I walked up to the door I could hear loud music coming from inside.  I
knocked and a young woman came to the door.  She had a beer in her hand and
over her shoulder I could see a crowd of young adults laughing and yelling.

"Hi," the attractive girl told me with a smile, shouting because of the
noise.  "Come on in."

I smiled back and explained who I was.

"Oh,” she exclaimed and stepped outside, closing the door behind her so
we could talk in normal tones.  “You're Shane's coach.  It's nice to
meet you.  He's always talking about you."

"You must be his sister-in-law," I said, with a grin.  “He talks about
you a lot, too.  Thanks’ a million for fixing little Sean's uniform for
him.  That was a very nice thing to do and it made a big difference."

She gave me a pleased look.  "Oh that's all right.  Someone had to do it.
His mother wouldn’t.  She's never around.  Getting on your baseball team is
the best thing that could have happened to that boy."

"Look," I said.  "I took Shane fishing today and we caught a trout.  If
it's OK with you, I’d like him to have supper at my place.  We’ll do a cook
out; I’ll show him how to grill his fish.  Would that be all right?"

The girl laughed and nodded.  "Sure, that's OK.  He spends most of his time
over with you anyway."

"Yeah,” I told her, laughing as well, “He sure does.  That's OK.  I
don't mind.  Listen, you guys look like you're gonna’ be busy tonight.  Why
don't I take him for the whole night?  I've got a sofa bed he can use.  It
might save you a lot of trouble."

"Could you, coach?  That’d be nice.  You sure it's no trouble?"

"No," I assured her.  "Shane's a wonderful kid.  He's good company.  Does
he have any things over here?  I'll take ‘em, and I'll see to it that he
gets back to the ranch tomorrow.  What time do you usually drive him out?"

"Oh, it doesn't matter," the girl said vaguely.  "His parents aren't
anxious to get him back.  He drives my father-in-law crazy."

"Does he have any things I should take?"  I reminded her.

"I think so..."

She went in and came back shortly with a paper grocery bag.  "I think
that's all his stuff."

I checked the bag.  Inside were Shane's glove, some baseball cards, a comic
book and two T-shirts.  I told the girl goodbye, assured her again that I'd
take Shane back the next day and then I returned to the Blazer where I
found little Sean hanging on the passenger door window talking excitedly to
Shane.  The young boy turned as I came up.

"Hi, Coach," he said shyly.  Like all the 11-year-olds, Sean was still
rather in awe of me.

"Hey, Seany," I told him, ruffling his silky blonde hair.  "You had a real
good practice today."

The boy’s face brightened and he told me eagerly, "I practiced my pivot
this afternoon."

"That's the way."  I gave his shoulder a pat.  "Next time you'll get that
double play."

Sean beamed at me.

"Coach, can I show Sean the fish I caught?"  Shane begged.

"Sure."

Shane scrambled out and we went to the back of the vehicle.  When I popped
open the cargo hatch Shane lifted off the top of the foam cooler and
proudly displayed his catch.

"Wow!"  Sean exclaimed.  "Are you gonna’ eat him?"

I stroked the boy's head.  "Yes he is.  We're havin’ a cookout.  Shane's
spending the night over at my house."

"I am!"  Shane said delightedly.  "Awesome!  Thanks, Coach."

I nodded.  "Here's your stuff," I told him, handing him the bag.  "Make
sure you have everything."

"Oh man, Shane," Sean said enviously.  "You get to do all the cool stuff."

Shane looked at him, then back at me.  "Can Sean come over too, Coach?"

Sean grabbed my hand.  "Yes, please Coach!  Please!"  He was looking up at
me, eyes wide and appealing in his delicately pretty face.

I smiled at both of them.  "Sure, you can come.  But you have to check with
your mom first."

"She’ll say yes," the boy assured me.  He raced off and was back in less
than a minute.  Shane still had his shirt off and I saw that Sean had
removed his, too, and left it behind.  He brought nothing with him.  I put
him in the back seat and we made the short drive to my apartment.

"Is this where you live, Coach?"  Sean said in surprise.  "You're real
close."

The boys helped me unload the Blazer, and then we took Shane's fish
upstairs.  I put charcoal in my little hibachi grill on the tiny balcony
and lit it.  While the charcoal was burning down to a good bed of coals I
showed the boy's how to clean the trout.

"You need a sharp knife," I told them, slitting the fish open and removing
the guts.

"Eeeeugh," Sean said.  "Gross!"

But Shane looked on, fascinated.  "What is that, Coach?"  He asked.

I identified the different organs for him.  "See, this is the intestine,
and here's the liver.  The fish has almost all the same things you have,
but in a different place."

"Cool," Shane breathed.

Because Shane was interested Sean got interested, too, and leaned close to
the older boy so he could see.  ."You mean, that's how I would look if you
sliced me open?"  He exclaimed.  He gazed down at his smooth lean stomach
and stroked his hand on it.  "Gross.  I hope no one ever cuts me open."

I picked him up and hugged him.  "Shane and I would never let anyone hurt
you, Sean."  The boy hugged me back tightly.

I showed the boys how to butter and season the fish and then I had Shane
wrap it carefully in tinfoil.

"The nice thing about trout is that you don't have to cut off the head.
You can cook them in right their skin if they're fresh," I explained.

I watched while Shane put his fish on the hibachi.  "Let it cook for a few
minutes on each side," I told him.  "This is just the way we would do it if
we were up in those far peaks camping out."

"I wish we were there," Shane said.  "You'll take me someday, won't you,
Coach?"

"Me, too!"  Sean cried.

I laughed and nodded.  "Someday."

Shane's fish was delicious.  The boys devoured it ravenously and I had a
small piece to taste.

"Boy is that good, Shane," I told him.  "I guess next time we'll have to
try harder to catch more."

Knowing that the single fish would not be enough for them I had gotten out
some ground hamburger meat.  I made up patties and let the boys cook them
on the fire.  They ate two each, had a wonderful time and we declared the
cookout a great success.

Night had fallen.  It was getting cooler.  I brought the boys in, put a
movie on for them and then brought sheets, pillows, blankets and a big
thick quilt from the spare bedroom, putting it all on the living room floor
for them to sleep on.

"Can we stay up late?"  Shane asked hopefully.

"As late as you want," I told him, stroking his hair.  "It's Saturday
night."

"I don't want to watch any scary movies," Sean said anxiously.

I knelt down and hugged him.  "No scary movies," I assured the boy.  "Shane
and I are here to take care of you and we only want you to see nice
things."

The boys watched "ET", which they both liked and then I put on a baseball
movie, "The Rookie", but long before that was over they were both fast
asleep, Sean cuddled close against Shane and the older boy with his arm
over his younger friend protectively.  I turned off all the lights except
my reading lamp, sat up for a while to be sure that they were going to be
all right, and then went to bed, leaving my bedroom door open so I could
hear them if they called.

The next morning when I got up they were still fast asleep, cuddled
together.  I made breakfast quietly and let them alone.  When they finally
did wake, neither one wanted to go home.

[ To Be Continued In Parts C thru K ]

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