Maeve tapped her chin. "In baseball, the pitcher throws overarm, as fast as possible. And the strike zone is over home plate, between the batter's armpits and knees."
That afternoon, they combined them. They used the rounders ball (so no one got hurt) and baseball gloves (so no one cried). They used Maeve's baseball bat with two hands, but Leo's underarm bowling. They ran on fouls but kept innings.
"Whoa," said Maeve. "In baseball, a foul ball is dead. No running. And our bases are soft bags. Also... you have a 'bowler,' not a pitcher."
Maeve tapped her chin. "In baseball, the pitcher throws overarm, as fast as possible. And the strike zone is over home plate, between the batter's armpits and knees."
That afternoon, they combined them. They used the rounders ball (so no one got hurt) and baseball gloves (so no one cried). They used Maeve's baseball bat with two hands, but Leo's underarm bowling. They ran on fouls but kept innings.
"Whoa," said Maeve. "In baseball, a foul ball is dead. No running. And our bases are soft bags. Also... you have a 'bowler,' not a pitcher."