he could actually feel it moving like a river in early spring , and he pictured tyrell hawke standing at third , twitching because he 'd laid out all night drinking , and luther was counting on that because he was n't just settling for third today , no sir , thinking that 's right , you best believe baseball is a game of speed and i 'm the speediest son of a bitch any ya 'll ever see , and when he raised his head , the first thing he saw was tyrell 's glove right beside his ear .