Yuwen was a middle schooler on his school softball team called “The Pickles." The championship game was coming up soon, and practice was more often.

Coach Dan motioned for Everyone to gather around him at first base. "Everyone, I need your attention please… as you all know, the championship game is coming up. I need you all to try your hardest, not that you wouldn’t. But please, I know you all want this win. We’ve tried hard all this season for this.” He spoke calmly, a hint of excitement and nervousness slipping through his voice.

The team looked at him and nodded. They wanted to win the championship game, and to do so, they knew practice would be harder and Coach Dan would be extra brutal.