“Hey, Zipzer,” he said.
“Yeah?”
He looked at me a long time. Then he spoke.
I'll bet you think that big lug congratulated me for playing a great game. Well, you're wrong.
“I still think Ping-Pong's for subhumans,” he said.
“That's
your
problem, McKelty,” I said.
And together with my family and friends, we went out to celebrate that I finally found the right sport for me.