The chapter opens with a flashback to the beginning of the novel, when the protagonist is a young boy who has been chosen to be one of the dorm boys for the school's baseball team at the national tournament. The protagonist tells the story of how he was selected to be a dorm boy, and how the other boys on the team were as excited as he was. The chapter ends with the protagonist saying that he is going home, but that he cannot wait to get back to work. He tells the chapter that he was chosen because he is a "blue heart dorm" for the tournament, and that everyone is excited about the upcoming tournament.