Light In Your Soul
Act like you CANNOT FAIL.
by Allister and Tracey Thomas
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lright, you’re up! Babe thought to himself. It took a couple of moments for him to stand up from the bench. A small part of him was enjoying where he was sitting in the dugout just below the current of the breeze. They don’t call Chicago “The Windy City” for nothing. But no chilly Chicago air was going to stop him from doing what he had in mind to do. As he stepped out from the dugout swinging his bat, he had to chuckle at the immediate deffening boos from the Cubs fans. They had good reason, Babe thought, the Yankees were keeping the series tied and the people of Chicago didn’t like it one bit. But who cares he concluded. Chicago pitcher Charlie Root was on the mound watching the 37 year old slugger lumber to the plate. He was encouraged by the desdain given to the batter at the plate, but Root’s mind was racing on what to throw past this brute. This was no ordinary come and go player. This was the living legend. The Bambino. The Sultan of Swat. This was Babe Ruth. And this was not the time to lose it. Babe stood at the plate with his bat down and looked at Root as if it was going to be a showdown. He wanted Root to understand the seriousness of them facing off during the third 10 Soulful Image Magazine / Issue 21
game of the World Series. But instead of returning the hard gaze back at Babe, Root decided to turn his back on him to exchange words with the second baseman and brush the dirt on the mound with his cleats. That does it! Babe thought. This guy had been playing almost as long as he had and was gonna treat him like he was some chump! Babe looked around at the booing crowd for a short moment. These people were insulting him at no end. They harrassed him every minute of the hour trying to get him off his game ever since he got in this town. He looked over at the Cubs dugout and could see them jeering and taunting him like
