The narrator opens the play by saying that he's struck out three times in the first half of the play. He's happy to be back on the winning side of the ledger, and he thanks his dad for treating him like a gentleman. He thanks his coach for giving him the night off, and thanks his daughter for making the out. The narrator tells us that he got involved with Romeo again because he wanted to get back together with Juliet. He didn't want to sleep with him because he felt like he'd won, but he wouldn't have slept with him anyway. He tells us about how his parents fell in love when they were in college, and how they loved each other so much that they called each other "go," meaning "I love you." Now, eighteen years later, Romeo is beating Juliet, and his dad pulls a gun on him and shoots him in the mouth. Romeo says that his parents made a mistake, and that they should have made him move to a different place.