It was mostly a defensemechanism, if you weren't the one being bullied just keep your head downlow and not bring attention to yourself. I didn't agree... with thatmentality, but I understood it.I could tell Brett was upset that I pulled him away. While I didn'tdoubt Brett could probably handle most of them, I was secretly hopingthat they would hang themselves. We honestly didn't need any moreattention than we've already had. After the Clint incident him and I hadalready been suspended once, thanks. The next pitch was lower, but even tighter. It plunked me, hard, just above the left elbow. The home plate umpire gestured me to first base and walked out to warn the pitcher that the next close one, to any hitter, would be his last pitch of the day.The Yankee pitcher's control miraculously improved after that, and our cleanup hitter, Miguel Tejada, was retired on a fly ball to center.I got up again in the fourth inning and, again, was hit by a pitch. The umpire, true to his word, promptly. "What do you think you are doing, Barry? Ryan is in the bedroom waiting for me right now!" She tried to stand up but Barry pushed her back into the sofa. She was no match for his size. "I wanted to show you something." Barry said with a big smile "Can't it wait until tomorrow? Ryan is waiting for me to come back to bed right now!" Barbie said looking toward the kitchen in hopes of finding a way to escape "Ryan is fast asleep by now. Since you just had sex he is dead to the world. Yes, I stood. I probably shouldn't be saying this but we are currently working on hand-held laser weapons. In fact, one of them is not much larger than a large pistol. Come down sometime I'll show you around. There are some areas that are restricted but I can show you the rest," he said proudly."Where's your company located?" Sam asked."In Barstow, a little over a hundred fifty miles from here," Sean said and then digging in his sport jacket pocket, dug out a business card and handed it to Sam. "There's the.