Leo’s cheeks flushed. "It's not baseball. It's rounders. It’s what baseball came from."
Maeve laughed. "In baseball, we swing with two hands, over the shoulder, as hard as we can. We want to crush the ball." differences between rounders and baseball
And they called it "Base-rounders." Everyone agreed it was better than both. Leo’s cheeks flushed
Leo brought his rounders bat—short, wooden, and smooth as a river stone. Across from him, a girl named Maeve plunked down a long, thick Louisville Slugger baseball bat. It’s what baseball came from
Leo shook it. "Your game sounds like a power show. Crushing the ball with two hands and a huge bat? That's fierce."
Next, Leo pointed to the soft, slightly yielding rounders ball on the desk. "Ours is harder than a tennis ball but softer than yours. And we don't wear gloves. Catching it barehanded stings, but that's the rule."
Then Maeve stuck out her hand. "Your game sounds wild. Running on a foul ball? No gloves? That's brave."