Batter's Box

Garden City Bushes pitcher Felix Jenson is a lot like his signature knuckleball: unpredictable, hard to understand, and sinking into irrelevance. Whenever someone takes a swing at him, he ducks and dives at the last second. After all, Jenson doesn't do romance. He barely does friendship. Those are meant for good people, for real people. He's neither.

Enter Colby Harris. The boisterous outfielder for the Louisville Ligers smashes into Jenson's life with the sharp crack of a wooden bat. The to...