But as he picks up a bat, something happens. He whirls and twirls it with a hip-hop elegance that would leave any beauty contestant envious. He's like the Russian circus bear that incomprehensibly manages to balance itself on a beach ball. It's completely surprising. Sometimes Souers moonwalks.
Fans go crazy.
They clap and cheer. The visiting coach gives him high-fives. That feeling is the reason Souers does the job, though his work as a batboy is a paid position. If Souers is yin, then his home-team colleague, Roger Moore, is yang. But he's as ambitious as any fast-track, upstart broker on Wall Street.