An impossible day was about to happen.

A metaphysical anomaly created by the baseball gods might have been involved.

Maddie took a deep breath and savored the smell of fresh-cut grass with a hint of stale popcorn. She was back on a baseball diamond, just where she wanted to be.

The shock of seeing Carlton again and her lousy performance on his podcast tortured Maddie for the rest of the day. She kept pushing it out of her mind, but part of her still couldn’t accept that Carlton had been so unkind to her.