Little League baseball

[FISHINLADY]

As I was driving home from work one
day, I
stopped to watch
a local Little League baseball game
that was
being played in a park
near my home. As I sat down behind
the bench on
the first-base line,
I asked one of the boys what the
score was.
"We're behind 14 to
nothing," he answered with a smile.
"Really," I
said. "I have to say
you don't look very discouraged."
"Discouraged?"
the boy asked with a
puzzled look on his face. "Why
should we be
discouraged? We haven't
been up to bat yet."