The Backup Plan

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Thad</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Failing to make it in pro ball left me absolutely devastated. Baseball has been my life my dream but it's time to move on.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Becoming a sports agent was always my back-up plan and now that I'm interning at the biggest queer-focused firm in the country I'm doing my best not to let my bitterness toward baseball affect my future. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>That's really difficult when I'm assigned to babysit Kelley Afton hotshot rookie pitcher for Philly. He has everything I ever wanted and he doesn't even appreciate it. I didn't become an agent so I could soothe the ego of diva athletes.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>His constant need for validation from others frustrates me to no end but that's probably a good thing. Because if he didn't have that I'd find him irresistibly my type.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Attraction could lead to crossing lines which would put my position at King Sports in jeopardy and I can't have that.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I don't have a backup for my backup plan. </span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>