<P> Max Mercy writes a column about the judge's refusal to grant Hobbs a raise, and a fan uprising ensues . Hobbs, however, is more occupied with Memo and attempts to further their relationship . Pop warns Hobbs about Memo's tendency to impart bad luck on the people she associates with . Hobbs dismisses the warning, but soon after, he falls into a hitting slump . Numerous attempts to reverse it fail until he finally hits a home run during a game where a mysterious woman rises from her seat . Before Hobbs can see who she is, she has left . Roy eventually meets her, Iris Lemon, and proceeds to court her . Upon learning she is a grandmother, however, he loses interest and returns his attention to Memo Paris . </P> <P> Memo rebuffs Roy's advances; Hobbs continues to play brilliantly and leads the Knights to a 17 - game winning streak . With the Knights one game away from winning the National League pennant, Roy attends a party hosted by Memo where he collapses and awakens in the hospital . The doctor says he can play in the final game of the season, but must retire after that if he wants to live . Hobbs wants to start a family with Memo and realizes he will need money . </P> <P> The judge offers Hobbs a bribe to lose the Knight's final game . Hobbs makes a counter-offer of $35,000, which is accepted . That night, unable to sleep, he reads a letter from Iris . After seeing the word' grandmother' in the letter, he discards it . He plays the next day and while at - bat, fouls a pitch into the stands that strikes Iris, injuring her, and splits the Wonderboy bat in two lengthwise . Iris tells Roy that she is pregnant with his child, and now he is determined to do his best for their future . At the end of the game, with a chance to win it, Hobbs, now trying to win, comes to bat against Herman Youngberry, a brilliant young pitcher similar to Hobbs at the same age . Youngberry strikes out Hobbs, ending the game and the season for the Knights . As he sits bemoaning the end of the season and possibly his career, Mercy rediscovers the shooting and also finds out that Hobbs was paid to throw the game . If this report from Mercy is true, Roy Hobbs will be expelled from the game and all of his records removed . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section possibly contains original research . (March 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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