Each inning has an entirely new cast of characters and ends in a cliffhanger. The story is broken up into nine innings, and each inning focuses on one generation. For example, King Kelly was an actual baseball player who spent his fortune on alcohol, and Cyclone Joe Williams was a real African American who played as one of the world’s greatest pitchers, even though he could never play in the major leagues.
His main characters are fictional, but they interact with are real, historical people. Gratz also includes a large amount of accurate historical information about baseball in the stories. The conflicts that characters face are realistic, and the ways they overcome them show the advantages of hard work instead of magical solutions. The historical information and timeline of characters allow the reader to glimpse baseball and life during each character’s time period. Gratz creates characters that are vivid and distinct, each with their own unique traits and personalities. His son, Snider Flint, helps run a pawnshop with lots of baseball memorabilia.Įach of these experiences, from Felix in 1845 to Snider in 2002, are connected by baseball. His son, Michael Flint, pitches a perfect game. Her son Jimmy is more into baseball cards than actual baseball, but faces the threat of Sputnik and the fear of atomic annihilation during the 1950s. Kat Flint, the first character unrelated to the Schneiders, joins the Grand Rapids Chicks in the first All-American Girls Baseball League. Frankie Snider, Walter’s daughter, runs a numbers game for a mob and meets the famous reporter John Kieran, who helps her rig it. Arnold’s son Walter tries to get Cyclone Joe Williams onto a team by pretending the man is Native American. He meets the famous King Kelly who has fallen on hard times and gone to drinking and fails to live up to the young boy’s expectations. Louis’s son, Arnold Schneider, also has a love for baseball. He serves for the Union but befriends a Confederate soldier and they bond over the game.
Several years later, Felix’s son Louis plays baseball during the civil war. The Brooklyn Nine begins in Manhattan, 1845, with Felix Schneider, a boy who has recently moved to America from Germany and ends up meeting the Knickerbockers. Each member of this family, from family founder Felix Schneider in the 1800s to Snider Flint in the present day, has a strong tie to the game and to Brooklyn. Baseball is in the Schneider family’s blood.
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