"Finish your breakfast, we're late for church."

Tina Pearson looked at the stack of pancakes and flicked the top one with her fork. Technically she would have had to start eating before she could finish them. The downside of being a preacher's kid was that you were invisible on Sunday mornings unless people needed something from you.

"Tina!" her mom yelled. "Come on."

Tina pushed the plate toward the middle of the table and...

"That's my superstar!" Kelcey Younger squealed as Taylor walked in. She ran over and threw herself onto him, knocking him over onto the couch. She began to heavily kiss him.

"Geez, Kel," Pete Foster said. "Come up for air, will ya?"

"Gotta keep my man happy," Kelcey said with a smile as she climbed off him. Taylor just sat on the couch smiling and enjoying the sight of his cheerleader captain girlfriend.

"Man,...

April 2, 2010, Oliver Springs, TN

"It's better than sex."

John Lawson turned toward his fellow baseball scout.

"I'm serious. Don't tell my wife I said that."

Lawson patted his friend on the shoulder and turned back toward the field. He'd been scouting players for the Oakland A's for the last decade and heard other scouts talking up players but nothing like he had heard for Oliver Springs High School third baseman Taylor...