Umpire Solomon Johnson is squeezing the strike zone and throws out both the Pine City Porcupines starting pitcher and manager "Grumps" Humphrey for arguing the call. Chad tries to make peace by giving Solomon a rarely issued "umpire card"-but the ump blows his top. He thinks Chad is making fun of his weight. It's going to be a long nine innings!

Illustrated by: Ethen Beavers