The first reason that he was the one trying to keep the friendship was that he offered her a spot on the team. Then she said she only wanted to play pitcher as a result she turned him down and asked to pitch; then he gave her another permeate offer and she said no again.
Richard tried to be nice by giving offers for her to be on an all-boy team and let her have a position be she turned him down multiple times. He even started to make up things to get her on the team like “Danny is moving to Kansas”.
He even gave in to her and