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 * ​Road Rage**

"Is he really gonna do it?" Joe Burger says in the dugout to his teammate.

"Not a chance. If he hasn't hit in his career, what would make you think he would hit now." declared Bob Kemp, the best player on the Cubs who set the record for home runs in baseball history.

The Chicago Cubs were down by two in the bottom of the 9th inning with two outs as the worst player goes to bat against the greatest team in all of baseball at the time, the Boston Red Sox. It was especially hard to play them on the road and especially hard to play them in the World Series and even harder during game 7. Hisses and screams filled the stadium as Mike Brown went to bat. Tension and nervousness filled his body like excitements fills someone on Christmas morning. Things were flying in the stand as the crowd erupted in boos once more. He finally got to home plate after what he though was the longest walk of his life was over. He needed a home run to win the game. Nothing else who seal the deal. Getting ready for the first pitch, Red Sox pitcher Mario Riviera was ready to strike him out with a change-up.

The first pitch finally came and it flew like a rocket and moved the stadium. "Strike one!" roared the empire filling the stadium with great joy.

Just as he heard "Strike one," Bob Kemp shouted, "**Call in a pinch hitter! He'll never hit!"**

"No!" screamed Coach Roberts. "I drafted him to this team for a reason, and this is that reason. Watch him hit a home run!" Back on the field, Mario Riviera was ready to throw the second pitch as Mike Brown was getting ready to hit as Bobby George tried to steal third. Without catching the attention of Mario Riviera, he was safe and now there was a runner on first and third. As Mario Riviera turned around to home plate, a giant wave of boos were attacking him like a giant in a war. Now ready to throw the second pitch he turned around and started his windmill up to throw one of the fastest pitches in league history. It was definitely fast, but it missed the plate by a mile. "Ball!" shouted the umpire again. You could hear the screams of the Cubs dugout from a mile away, and Mike Brown was still focused. Both dugout now cringing with fear were now looking straight onto the field.

Then a fan shouted, "Hey loser, why don't you go back to where you came from." That got Mike Brown so angry he was determined to hit a home run. The pitch came around Mario Riviera's arm like a missile, and then Thwack! The bat had cracked but the ball was in the air as the stadium cringed in fear of a home run. If this cleared the fence, the Cubs would win the World Series. If it didn't, back to Chicago were the Cubs. It looked like a home run, but Joe Smith, the Red Sox centerfielder made a mad dash to the wall. Then he jumped off the wall and he thought the ball was in his glove. Then he looked at his glove. All he saw was air. The Cubs dugout went crazy over the hit and were so glad that they toppled Mike Brown and started high-fiveing him. They just won the World Series! The Red Sox and their fans however, were upset and felt like they just died or something.

"I told you so," said Coach Roberts.

"Save your chit chat for the party," said Bob Kemp in a teasing voice.

That was the first hit of Mike Brown's, and it was his most famous. He went on to have a good career and make the Hall of Fame, but everyone knows him for having a little bit of "road rage" for he had most of his wins on the road.