way he was brought up, Troy though that what he did for his children was enough. He .
took responsibility for his family. According to his younger son Corey, it wasn't enough, .
"You ain't never gave me nothing, you ain't never done nothing but hold me back. .
Afraid I was gonna be better than you, All you ever did was try to make me scared of .
you." (Wilson, 86). .
The play is filled with difficulties between characters, and many of these were .
not reconciled in the proper manner. One of the major one way between Troy in his.
high school aged son, Cory. Cory was an accomplished football player who wanted to to .
focus on his team and play in college. Troy was against his goals and insisted that he .
prioritized his work and house chores over the sport. Troy went behind Cory's back and .
revoked his membership on the team. Cory felt that he was trying to hold him back .
because years prior Troy himself had been held back." Just cause you didn't have a .
chance! You scared I'm gonna be better than you, that's all." (Wilson, 58). Troy was strongly opposed to the idea because he claims Cory will only end up disappointed. He feels Cory should learn a trade to support himself.
Troy was an excellent ball player in his youth. Unfortunately, he was prevented from playing in the major leagues because of the ban on African American athletes. By the time Jackie Robinson broke the racial barrier in 1947, troy was past his ball playing prime. This experience left him very bitter. Baseball was his life, it came first, ".
During his time in the Negro leagues, the major players never received the substantial amount of glory and fame as the white plays until 1947. Their games were rarely covered in the mainstream press and when they were the players were referred to as "coloreds" in an effort to denigrate them. This gave the black newspapers to cover them in glory (Chadwick, 14). These players were heroes for a century and forbidden to play what was a "whit mans game".