59 Days to Opening Day

Opening Day 2008 for the Timber Rattlers is April 3. That is 59 days from today. This off-season, the countdown will be based on books. Each day between now and Opening Day 2008, I will pick a random book out of my library and excerpt a passage off the page number corresponding with the number of days remaining to the first pitch of the new season. I will try not to repeat a book during the countdown.

Today’s book is A Touch of Frost, a Jack Frost novel by R.D. Wingfield.

Car doors slammed, then Simms pushed his way through the bushes to report that the ambulance men were hot on his tail. ‘Do you want me and Jordan to start looking around, sir…to see what we can find?’

He shook his head. ‘We’ve been ordered not to touch anything. Mr. Allen is on his way, so we can expect and arrest in seconds.’

Out of sight behind him, Webster grinned. It was common knowledge that Frost and Allen didn’t get on, but then, coldly efficient Allen was a real detective, inlike the clown in the mac. Webster had successfully led many rape cases back in his old division. Tomorrow he would request a transfer to Allen’s team.

Put today’s excerpt in a baseball context.