The Game Of Their Lives Part 5
By: Geoffrey Douglas
Pages:146
Genre: Non-Fiction
Alex L.

 If you will want to compare this blog post to my last one, you will realize, that if you didn't read the title you would think I changed the book. Since last week, I have learned about the lives of 4 characters, Harry Keough, his father Paddy Keough, Pee Wee Wallace and Frank "Chico" Parrino. All of these characters have unique traits and have survived their own way. For example, Harry Keough, who is now 68:

• Lived in a poor place his whole life
• Has white hair
• Worked 35 years at the U.S post office
• Has coached 2 soccer teams
• And has the best memory ever(He remembers every single coach from each team they played, every goal, scorer and calendar date.)

Paddy Keough, his father:

• Was smart and high-classed
• Never started high school
• Created many quotes in his life used by everyone in the country at the time
• Knew baseball better than anyone
• Was loved by everyone, not one person could say they disliked him a bit

Pee Wee Wallace, one of the best players on the team in 1950:

• Was always an outsider but didn't mind
• Jokes about everything (during sad, fun and stupid moments)
• Has been a joker/clown since 2nd grade because he never fit in
• Looked floopy
• Played aggressively but clean
• Died in 1978, brain cancer

And lastly, Frank "Chico" Parrino:

• Great player
• Lived his whole life in the same house
• Was murdered 1994

The most exciting part of all that I just read, I think was chapter 11. In this chapter it talks about how Frank got murdered, he was shot in the head twice by a man named Joe Monti, who was 87 years old were as Frank was in his 60-ties. He was shot because, as everyone says, 38 years ago Joe and Frank got into a fight, during this fight Frank broke Joe's nose and jaw. Joe always wanted revenge, and so a day came where he shot him on the street while he was about to go to work. On the hill where both these men lived, everyone knows everything and will always know.Most of the soccer players still alive, live on that same hill and meat every Wednesday for lunch as it says. The youngest one of them right now is 65, and the oldest 71, but they will always be there for each other even thought they are so different. From all of this, I can say, that this book is truly great!