"I've, ah...never been to a place like this before," said Gale, as he lifted his free hand, pressing it against the chain link fence to peer through it. He could hear a distant whirring noise and the crack of a bat, already starting to get excited as he followed Molly to the window to pay. He felt a little silly, getting so worked up over something as simple as baseball, but when he reached for the bat, he found he was really looking forward to it.

"Yeah," he said, and jammed the helmet onto his head, looking curiously at the batting cages. "I'll watch you first and then I'll go play my own."

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