The Seventh Game

Johnny Longboat stands on the mound, trying to pitch the seventh game of the World Series. He's already won two games. He is probably the best pitcher in the game. However, his past is catching up with him. Inning after inning while he pitches, memories of his life and his struggles come back to remind him of what he had to go through. Longboat is forced, in the end, to find a way to work through a painful shoulder and even more painful memories. I won't give the ending away, but it is one of the two extremes you might expect. Kahn crafts a well designed story recognizing that life is continuous, while baseball is not.