Tim’s thoughts where “What shall I name them?” So Tim asked, “Do you have a name?” The alien shook his head side to side, meaning “No.”
Tim asked, “Where do ya’ll come from?”
The alien looked up at the Galaxy, raised his long arms, opening them, and started turning around and pointing at all the planets.
Tim smiled, saying, “I get it, the Galaxy is your home.” The alien nodded. “Yes.”
Tim thought, “I’ve got an idea. I’ll call them Galaxy Jumpers.”
Tim looked at the alien, pointed, and said, “Your name is Jumper.”
The alien replied, “Yes, Jumper.”
Tim helped all of the aliens put on their baseball uniforms the right way. He placed all the based in their proper places.
Tim thought, “Okay, I’ve got one team named, not to name the other. I know! I’ll call them Sun Scorchers.”
Tim divided them into two teams of ten players. He looked around the surface thinking he can’t possibly give them all names, there are a hundred of them here.
Tim stood on the pitcher’s mound with a baseball in his hand. Jumper stood beside him while all the other aliens watched. Tim said, “Jumper, when I say pitch the ball to me, I want you to pitch, okay?”
Jumper replied, “Okay, so stand here.”
Tim didn’t know that the aliens had been looking in on baseball games from space for many years, studying the game and had a good idea how to play. Tim walked to home plate, and picked up the baseball bat. He got ready to swing and said, “Okay Jumper, pitch the ball to me.”
Jumper rifled the baseball across the home plate with a speed of two hundred miles an hour. So fast, Tim didn’t see it pass.
All of Tim’s alien friends starting bobbing up and down, as if they were laughing at Tim when he didn’t see the baseball pass home plate. Tim realized that Jumper pitched the baseball across home plate as if he knew what to do. Tim walked up to Jumper and asked him, “Have you ever played baseball before?”
Jumper said, “Yes.”
Jumper raised his left arm to the sky. A round circle appeared, the shape and size of a basketball. It started slowly spinning, glowing bright powerful blue light, showing the planet earth. Tim got excited when he saw Jackie Robinson and Babe Ruth playing baseball when baseball first began. Tim pointed, saying, “That’s Babe Ruther, that’s Jackie Robinson.”
It also showed Dolly Parton singing at an opening concert. Then it showed Tim’s family, Herb, Nanette, and Matt – sitting on their porch, holding hands, staring at the night sky, missing him. Matt had the Walkie-Talkie turned on beside him. Tim closed his eyes, feeling sad.
Jumper could feel Tim’s sadness. He touched him gently on the shoulder. Tim instantly could feel Jumper saying, “Don’t feel sad. You will be able to run and play baseball.” Tim became happy again.
To Be Continued…
