Uncle Tommy influenced the plot of this story by actually influencing Mitchell's decision on the baseball team.
About "Ball Hawk"
Ball Hawk is known to be a story written by Joseph Bruchac. In the story, we see Uncle Tommy telling Mitchell that "Indians invented baseball". The statement got Mitchell thinking.
Such statement is actually what influenced Mitchell's decision on staying in the Long Pond High School team. This also influenced the plot of the story.
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