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Myrna called.

“Yes,” he said mechanically.

“I saw it all. You ought to have a strong talk with him. Biting his own
team member.”

“Daffodil,” Mike said, watching Tom take his place in the center of the
field.

“That was my thinking, too. Here I thought we hadn’t been seeing
enough of each other and you pick the same one I like.”

“Got to go, Myrna.”

****

Al: Vern passed it to back to Miguel. Miguel passes it across the field
to Vlad. Vlad sends it up field in the air. Sebastian runs out of the goal and
snaps a tail on it.

John: He must have a lot of confidence. It’s almost like he’s daring
Tom to come after him.

Al: I think that’s what he’s doing. Vlad blocks the ball, but the Legs’
Guillermo stops it with his chest, goes around Vlad and takes the shot.
Carly catches it and kicks it back on the field.

John: Seems like Tom is playing again. Didn’t it seem like he was
just sleepwalking out there?

Al: It did, John. He’s really got to play well now. The Braves are down
a goal in the middle of the last quarter and the Legs aren’t giving them many
opportunities to change the score.
 John: Jack Merck, the Legs’ right wing, intercepts it and brings it
back into the center zone. Tom snags it back, he’s not sleeping now. Tom
passes to Vern. Vern to Miguel and a tall one back to Tom. He head-butts it
but Sebastian blocks the shot. It rolls over to Vlad. Vlad snaps it in, under
Sebastian’s tail. Nice shot!

Al: That was a nice one. Uh, oh. Sebastian didn’t take that very well.
Vlad is trying to get away but Sebastian is chasing him.

John: And here comes Tom. Looks like trouble.

Al: The referees don’t want to get in the middle of this one. They’re
backing off. I can see Coach Paderewski yelling onto the field. Tom is
turning away. Sebastian said something. Tom is turning around. I think
there’s going to be a fight—wow.