Chapter 15 Summary and Analysis

Everyone was shocked when he wanted to buy the team in San Diego. One day he just grabbed the microphone at a game and announced over the speaker that the Padres were playing horribly. He wanted them to step up and win games, try harder. He game them a huge pep talk out of sheer anger due to their losing streak. After he bought the team, it started showing signs of life, but when they started playing lousy again, he yelled at them once again over the microphone and said that they owed it to their fans to play well. There was a lot of controversy with his outbursts. The players were offended; the coaches were upset, but he did it all to help the team. Ray says that owning that team was one of the best investments. But it was...