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Analyze and summarize the following news-like text snippet: 
Just sitting, and watching and waiting. Calmly.
"I had confidence in myself, but when I saw him sitting there, I knew I was going to make them," Middleton said.
Hatcher was there for Middleton when at 8 years old, his parents split. He's no longer with Middleton's mother, but the step-dad and step-son seemed to have a bond Thursday night.
As easily as Hatcher watched, Middleton's sleepy eyes showed no trace of nerves despite taking shots that could have, simply put, torpedoed a season if he missed.
That's what family can do for a man, apparently.
"He's the man that put the ball in my hands, basically," Middleton said with a grin. "Having him there, that makes me step up. I want to make my people proud all the time."
Consider that done, and a day well spent for Hatcher, a truck driver who still lives in Augusta, Ga., and was able to get t his first game here this season on his day off.
"I guess I've been watching him play so long, I kind of expect it," Hatcher said, smiling broadly havi...<|im_end|>
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The provided text appears to be a news article or similar content. A brief summary could be: Just sitting, and watching and waiting. Calmly.
"I had confidence in myself, but when I saw him sitting there, I knew I was going to make them," Middleton said.
Hatcher was there for Middleton when at 8 years old, his parents split. He's no longer with Middleton's mother, but the step-dad and step-son seemed to have a bond Thursday night.
As easily as Hatcher watched, Middleton's sleepy eyes showed no trace of nerves despite taking shots that could have, simply put, torpedoed a season if he miss... (Further analysis would depend on the specific query.)<|im_end|>
