The Only Game Resolution

Baseball has endless possibilities without being the least bit predictable, it’s why it is one the greatest games in the world and especially America. In the book The Only Game by Mike Lupica the events are predictable even though it is about baseball. The book follows Jack Callahan through his life after his brother dies after falling off a cliff on a dirt bike. Jack decides to cope with these hard times by quitting baseball. Since Jack is the best player in a big baseball town the news spread quickly. Eventually Jack got back to the game to play with his best friend and another friend he picked-up on the way back. Unfortunately this book is very predictable and generic. In The Only Game, Mike Lupica uses rising action, climax, and resolution …show more content…
Jack is in his dead brother's room when his mom comes in looking for him. Jack tells her that the reason he quit was because he felt horrible about his brother going dirt bike riding even though he knew that he was. That ended up being the day his brother died and Jack thought it was his fault. His dad eventually came in and both of his parents told him that it wasn't his fault. Then his mom explained that they found something in his brothers room that was a present for Jack. His mom then went and got it. His mom said "I've been waiting for just the right time"(Lupica pg. 137). The present was way late. The right time should have been when quit. If they have already opened the present, which they have, they would have none that but Lupica saves it to make a bigger event. The present ended up being a Dustin Pedroia signed ball with a note inside. Jack picks the ball up and says "'Is this...? Real?' his dad said.'It is'"(Lupica 138). This is saying the ball is authentic. The question is though how the heck did a fourteen year get Pedroia signed ball without his parents knowing. This really just doesn't seem realistic. Both Lupica moving an event and making the climax a little unrealistic didn’t make this story look any