For_Love_of_the_Game

For Love of the Game Title: For Love of the Game Author: Michael Shaara Date of publication: 1991 Publisher: Ballantine Books Type of fiction: Romance- Drama Summarize the plot in fewer than 100 words: For Love of the Game takes the reader trough long time Detroit Tigers’ pitcher Billy Chapel’s final game. The morning leading up to the last game of the season, Billy is given the disappointing news that he is going to be traded at season’s end. Feeling betrayed by the organization, Billy still goes out to the ballpark and proceeds to pitch the game. Through the course of the game he thinks back on some of the happier times in his life, in which he spent time with his girlfriend Carol, who he has not heard from in some time. Being too involved with his memories of Carol, Billy does not realize that he is pitching a perfect game. Setting of the plot: Present day New York Characterization effect- Billy is described as a dedicated baseball player who plays, as the title indicates, for love of the game. In an era when all athletes are worried about their love, game, billy, book, very, love, baseball, work, wondering, traded, title, time, reader, plot, plays, perfect, out, off, life, hard, going, dedicated, carol, being, back, york, characterization, worried, words, while, trough, times, tigers’, through, thinks, theme, team, takes, suspenseful, suspense, sure, spent, special, shown, shaara, date, seat, season’s, season, sad, romance, regrets