“What?” Wow. I’d already been singled out for attention. I decided I loved football.

“You wanna guard?”

Wow again. He was asking me if I wanted to be a guard. Ten seconds into my sporting career, and I was being given an important assignment. Knowing absolutely nothing about the position of a guard in football, and being a total nerd at heart, I figured I should do the one thing I was good at: seek out information. “Where do I stand?” I asked.

“What?” Mr. Growler seemed puzzled.

“Where does a guard stand?” I asked.