![]() ![]() ![]() The book follows the same trajectory as the movie in that Bump Bailey is killed running into a wall, and Hobbs takes his place in the middle of the lineup. Yet, in Chicago, a disturbed woman obsessed with striking down star athletes guns down Hobbs in her hotel room, and he disappears from organized baseball.įast forward fifteen years, and Hobbs resurfaces as a thirty five year rookie on the New York Knights, albeit with a mysterious past that he wishes to keep secret. A newspaperman challenges the two to a baseball duel, and Hobbs strikes out the Whammer on three pitches. En route their train stops at a county fair and major league star The Whammer, resembling Babe Ruth, happens to be on the same train. It begins the same as the movie as young Roy Hobbs is traveling to Chicago with his scout and mentor Sam Simpson to have a tryout with the Cubs. The written version, unfortunately, is not as upbeat, and has a dark undertone to it. I have seen the movie version of this book in which Robert Redford's character hits a game winning homer to clinch the pennant, shattering lights, creating his own fireworks, with memorable music in the background. Today I read Bernard Malamud's The Natural, which I rate 3.6 stars. As baseball season heats up, I find myself gravitating toward baseball related books in order to enhance my love for the game when I am not listening to or watching a game. ![]()
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