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THE GAME WITHIN THE GAME
THE GAME WITHIN THE GAME
Coach B had been around baseball long enough to know when something felt off.
It wasn’t a single bad call or a blown review. It was the pattern. The way certain teams always seemed to get the benefit of the doubt in big moments. The way pressure never seemed to touch some dugouts.
Late one night, after a road loss that didn’t sit right, Coach B stayed behind in the stadium. The field lights were off. The stands empty. Just the hum of refrigeration and the smell of dirt.
In the clubhouse video room, the replay system was still running.
On the screen was an at-bat from the seventh inning. Same pitch, shown from five angles. On every replay, the pitch clipped the corner.
Strike three.
Except it had been called ball four.
Coach B scrubbed back. Frame by frame.
That’s when something changed.
A new overlay appeared on the screen—one he’d never seen before. Not part of the broadcast. Not part of the league software.
Two options glowed in clean white text:
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