Play Ball

No one ever expects a genius to like sports. In movies you see them implying that they hate sports a lot. Donatello never even showed interest in them. That was until one mission where he saw a baseball game going on. 

He watched and noticed it was April and Casey’s school baseball team. They were getting crushed by the opposing team. Twelve to thirty-five. “Come on dragons, what are you doing?” their couch yelled, throwing his hat on the ground and crossing his arms. Donatello calculates the numbers on how fast the pitch should throw it. He wrote down a note and when the game was over, he stuck the note on the dug out and left.

When Donatello got home, the brothers questioned where he was. Donatello just told them he got distracted from the mission because he found something a little bit interesting. The brothers didn’t question further but Donnie did get a lecture about getting distracted and learning to pay attention more from Splinter.

The next day the couch saw that note during practice and turned to look at his team. “Who wrote this?” It was a note that said “Have your pitcher throw at a more fifty degree angle." None of the players knew they just said it could have been one of there classmates or someone was trying to mock them.

Than soon Donatello kept going to games. Watching and calculating their mistakes and advise to help them and leaving the notes in the dug out or on the coaches car.

It wasnt long after where Dee was caught by the coach. He was just leaving the papers at the coach's car like usual when the coach tackled him and saw who it was. The coach freaked out a bit, backing away screaming curse words.

Donnie ran and the coach followed tackling him again before Donatello could disappear in the man hole.

"Slow down kid, I'm not going to send you to scientist." Soon the two stopped struggling and they looked at each other for a brief moment. "Your leaving the notes on my car?" He asked as Donnie nodded. The coach takes off his hat and goes, "See you at practice. It starts at four thirty." Than the coach leaves.

Donnie had no idea what happened. But he smiled and crawled into the man hole thinking something either good or bad just happened.

But Donnie went anyway to the practice. The coach told his team that this was a new player. The team looked terrified when they saw Donnie. Like a gaint turtle is right in front of you and your coach said he's a new player. You'd think it would be insane and it was.

But soon they got use to him. Donnie was good, really good.

"How did you learn to bat" one of his teammates asked and Donnie replied with "I hit things with a bo staff a lot" the teammate laughed until he relized Donatello was joking.

...

3 weeks went by and Dee had made his way from outfeild to firstbase than now pitcher.

His best friend Chris was the catcher. Chris helped Donnie the first day he joined the team. Chris was awkward at first, like a 6 foot turtle joined your team. You'd be awkward to. But now they were best friend, each others ride or die.

"You wanna get ice cream? Chris asked after a game. "Sure, as long as im not paying." Donnie said, grabbing his equipment.

...

It didnt take a while for the brothers to relized their purple brother had been sneaking out around four thirty everyday.

They thought it was Donnie going to the junkyard but than they relized he was coming home sweating and covered in sand.

Splinter grew suspicious as soon as he saw his son sneaking out. He thought Leo or Raph would be doing that but Donatello he was not prepared for.

Mikey begged Donnie to tell him where he was going but Donnie said the junkyard and Mikey knew it was a lie.

One day the brothers had enough and followed Donnie when he left the lair.

They saw him walking towards April and Casey’s school. They were confused than they saw donnie take off his trench coat and he had a baseball uniform on.

Than he ran to the field with a backpack filled with equipment. They walked towards the field and saw Donnie practicing before a baseball game.

He was practicing pitching to the catcher. The brother took pictures and ran out of there before they were spotted.

When the got back to the lair April, Casey and Splinter asked what they had found. The brothers showed the pictures snd they were stunned. Donnie playing a sport or showing interest in a sport was crazy.

They ran to the game to see if Donnie was alright but when they got their. They saw Donnie was up to bat. They watched with clenched teeth watching as he hit the ball and ran like hell.

He was good at it. He was fast, calculated and focused. It surprised them.

But they watched, they kept their distance and watched Donnie hit, pitch and catch balls.

Than one moment in the game Donnie was up to bat. The other team was six points over them. They needed seven maybe more to catch us.

The others teams pitcher pitched Donnie swung the bat but didn't hit. "Strick One!" The referee said, the catcher threw the ball back to the pitcher and soon the pitcher threw the ball again and Donnie swung but missed. "Strick Two!" The ref screamed.

The brothers could feel the pressure on the field, mikey clenched his fist, Raph and Casey muttered words as April and Splinter watched Donnie like a hawk.

On the field Donnie smiled. Soon the pitcher threw the bat again and this time when Donatello swung the bat he hit the ball. The referee screamed, "Home Run!".

"Go Donnie Go!" Mikey screamed as Donnie and his team ran all three bases. Donnie reconized that vocie when he got to home base. He saw them, on the roof of the building, watching him.

Donnie froze, Chris knew something was off the way Donnies eyes were. And the family watching knew they had been spotted.

"Ops." Mikey vocied, "We've been caught." Leo said. They soon started climbing down the building to get to the man hole but someone was already there. The coach and he had a wild grin. "Your Hamato's family right. Just kidding I can tell." The others were confused. Than the coach shock splinters hand. "Honor to meet you, Coach Harrington. Your kids got a wild hit on him." Splinter just stared down at him and nodded and the coach goes' "Well come on pictures are going to be taken for the paper, sure Hmato would love his family in it.".

They followed the coach, to where Donnie was standing with his team, smiling.

After the picture with the team Donnie slowly walked to them, looking down at the ground and said, "Hey guys." They didnt know what to say for a brief moment. Like how do you start a conversation like this anyway.

"How long have you been playing?"Casey asked, trying to break the silence. "Three weeks now.", "That explains the sneaking out." Raph groaned making Donnie chuckle.

Than the coach came up behind them, "Hey Hamato's, smile your picture will be taken." Than he walks away to talk to the photographer. "We'll talk about this later but now, we celebrate your victory." Splinter spoke, smiling as Donnie grinned.

There picture was taken. A happy family picture together, where a secret was uncovered for the better.