Chapter Fifteen

This chapter is about how Josh continues his quest in not only trying to get sober from his drug use, but also trying to make his way back into professional baseball. He started going to a psychiatrist at Duke University named Dr. Keith Brodie. Brodie understood the mind of an addict and that really helped Josh out a lot. During these sessions, Josh really started to believe that he could play professional baseball again. Not long after that, he was invited to a Christian baseball facility called Winning Inning. The facility was an old Phillies's spring training site called Jack Russel Stadium.

Josh and Katie believed that this would be a good opportunity for Josh, so they moved to Clearwater. However, to earn time in the batting cage, Josh would have do things like mop floors and rake the field. The people at the facility kept an eye on him, but for the most part, he had some freedom. One of the things Josh really liked about the facility was the after-school camps for the kids in the area. He bonded with a young talented black boy named Julius who had a pretty tough life. Julius really looked up to Josh, so he tried to teach Julius about his mistakes and to stay away from that road. He told Julius that two good ways to stay out of trouble were God and baseball.