Coach Wentworth and I joked about me playing baseball. He still thought I was athletic, but I told him I usually fall asleep watching sports on ESPN. As we drove, I asked him, “What is wrong with Curtis?”
He gave me a puzzled look and asked, “What do you mean?”
“I don’t know,” I replied. “It’s like he’s hated me since I came here.”
Coach thought a minute and then said, “I’m not sure he hates you as much as he’s threatened by you.”
“Threatened by me?”
“You see, Casey,” he replied. “Curtis is