Drabble

[beer_good_foamy]

Drabble for open_on_sunday's "Strike" challenge. Complete with icon - had to make one for this.



For the Home Team

For a few seconds, everything was still. The small crowd mumbled in surprise, the pitcher stared with her mouth hanging open, and the girl herself just looked at the bat, all thoughts of running for first base forgotten.

Finally the umpire spoke up. "Uh... strike two?"

"Whaddyamean 'strike'?" Her father flew up, furious. "She clearly HIT the ball! How is that a strike?"

The umpire pulled out his rule book and searched frantically for the correct call for "ball disintegrates into smithereens upon being hit".

Katie kept staring at the bat, turning it over in her hands. It felt... good.

Comments

[jaded-jamie.livejournal.com]

LOL! That's just awseome.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[elisi]

Love it! :)

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I always loved that image...

[thepadre.livejournal.com]

*squee* That was a good one!

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I love it.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[rayruz.livejournal.com]

Hehe! The little girl, I love her. Great job. And it should be a home run.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

I think so too, then again I never understood baseball rules... ;-) Thanks!

[rayruz.livejournal.com]

I get baseball rules, but I mean... she hit it, no one caught it, in theory no one could catch it.... *shrug*

[mabus101.livejournal.com]

Woohoo! That was a nifty scene.

Though I always figured the bat would break instead. I'm not sure which is more likely. May depend on the material.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Hey, if Angel can throw a spoon through someone's forehead, then surely a bat can break a ball... :-) Thanks!

[m-phoenix.livejournal.com]

Hee! I love this. That girl would be one amazing Slayer, now I'm wondering if anyone's written her story...

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I've never actually seen any fic featuring her... maybe she'll turn up in the comics? *nudges Joss*

[stormwreath.livejournal.com]

Of course I can't remember who wrote it, where or when, but I've read at least one. It may even have been on open_on_sunday - it featured a conversation between Faith and Baseball Girl on BG's birthday.

[boschette.livejournal.com]

Awesome! I in my infinite power (heh!) proclaim this CANON! :D

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Heh, thanks! Your powers are indeed great.

[mangosorbet007.livejournal.com]

Cool. :-)

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[copykween.livejournal.com]

LOL! You said smithereens. Cute!

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Words like "smithereens" is one of the many reasons I love the English language. Thanks!

[darkershadeof.livejournal.com]

That last sentence made me sigh. Great drabble, both funny and sigh-worthy!

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks! That's a good combination in my book.

[mouthmount.livejournal.com]

I love this. I've always wondered about the exact moment when all these girls got their power-- must have been lots of weird happenings. Mind if I snag the icon?

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks! And by all means, snag away, as long as I get credit. (Hey, it took me all of 5 minutes to make!) :-)

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

Greatest prompt connection ever!

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks! And nice icon! :-)

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

Thanks -- since the latest LJ controversy is dying down, I thought I'd try to start a new fight!

[red-in-leather.livejournal.com]

Just found this. Fabulous! What a great idea :-) I'm glad someone noticed the other Slayers.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks! That scene with that little girl alone makes "Chosen" a great Buffy episode, if not as great as it might have been.

Hah!

[readingchampion.livejournal.com]

Loved it...

Re: Hah!

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[shego2drakken.livejournal.com]

Actually, now that I think about it, I thought it just sent the ball flying out of the park... into another county.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

...where it hit a demon and killed it. ;-) Thanks for reading!