Second Inning

[ways_diamond]

Top of the Inning
Pitching: Crowley
At Bat: Leela, Carlisle, Raph, and Alice
On the Field: The Enigmas (Castiel's Team)

Bottom of the Inning
Pitching: Alice
At Bat: Stitch, Crowley, and Knox
On the Field: The Paradoxes (Carlisle's Team)

Comments

Re: Raph at bat.

[maxwellsdemon02]

Back in the dugout, Duo rolls his eyes. "What's he waiting for, the second coming?"

Re: Raph at bat.

[aj_crawley]

Duo kind of has a point. Crowley's been doing his fair share of shoulder-rolling as well, but no small part of it has been for show; by the time Raph steps up to the plate, it's been just long enough that Crowley can justify shaking out his sleeve with a theatrical flourish to check his watch. LAUGHTER sign, if you please.

But then it's down to business, as Crowley sizes up Raph, making it a point to grin obnoxiously as he does.

On the one hand: ninja. On the other: ex-turtle.

Wind-up.

Pitch.

Re: Raph at bat.

[aj_crawley]

Whatever you say, Raph, imparts Crowley's expression beneath the rim of his (rather fetching) baseball cap.

Of course, Raph knows best. He's probably got this whole baseball thing down, up to and including scoping out Crowley's pitching during the first inning. But, hey. That's okay.

Crowley's been practising, too.

Wind-up.

Curveball.

Re: Raph at bat.

[aj_crawley]

Give Crowley a moment. Absent his usual affable disregard for the laws of physics, he's only gotten that to work a handful of times - so there may be a bit of preening going on in the general vicinity of the mound.

Wee bit.

Re: Raph at bat.

[aj_crawley]

Crowley doesn't know what that means, but it doesn't sound particularly flattering. He's not scowling, though, as he sets up to pitch a second time, scuffing his shoes through the dirt and making sure of his purchase.

Here's why:

The wind-up is slow. The pitch isn't.

Re: Raph at bat.

[themidnightson]

It's low and needed to be further out, but Edward really doesn't mind. Hr makes a mad dash forward, blurring from most sight, from standing out in the field waiting for anything to happen really.

Closer. Closer. Too close!

Edward ran back a few steps and jumped for it.

A move that isn't even remotely based in human body mechanics.

But he has the ball -- with a sturdy hard noise of settling into the palm of his bare hand -- when he lands back on the ground. Holding it up for the call.

Re: Raph at bat.

[ways_diamond]

Raph may be out, but Carlisle made it to second in the middle of all that.

And that brings the Paradoxes' pitcher, Alice Cullen to bat.