Billy Gustafsen had always been a ballplayer second, and a decent human being first. Sometimes being a nice guy can get a fellow rewarded when he least expects it.
Size: 49 KB (9,144 words)
Genre: Romantic
Sex Contents: Some Sex
Tags: Ma/Fa, Consensual, Romantic, Heterosexual
Review by Quasirandom [other reviews by Quasirandom]
Reviewed:
ObDisclaimer: I don’t like baseball, but I do enjoy Tony Stevens’ baseball stories. (Mitsuru Adachi is the only other comparable author I’ve met.) His ‘Take Me Out to the Ball Game’ series is Great Stuff, being sweet and sexy romances with young adults where it just so happens at least one partner is involved with the game.
This story is installment #9, but that number means little — the series has a shadow of an overall arc, but each story stands alone and can be read in any order. You can also read it knowing little (like I do) to nothing about baseball — the sport is important in the story only because it’s important to the characters, and the emotional significance of sportsball events is always made clear.
This is strictly a short story — and to be fair, the scenario as explored doesn’t really have enough meat on its bones to support a novella or novel. Billy has just been traded to another team, pending a medical exam proving his good health, and the doctor turns out to be Lucy, a high school friend who’s still carrying a torch for him. Enjoyable to be sure, but slight. A good afternoon snack, if you’re in the mood for a quick romantic tale.
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