I, Kurt Divan, am posting a comment. Again.

I agree with Kurt when it comes to this topic. I mean he taught him baseball it's Americas favorite past time. That is a gift that lasts a lifetime and now that chicks life is going to ruins his dad comes to help him out. Maybe his dad will show him how to go back too happiness by going back to what chick loves baseball. This man is not only a good farther but an amazing one.

Relplying to Kurt, yes his dad did teach him how to play baseball and he did push him to become the man he grew up to be but, his father did walk out on him which no kid should ever have to deal with. I think if his dad did stay he would have been a very different person and most likely would not be doing the things he attempted in the beginning of the book. I think this damaged Chick and i dont think his father was a good father i mean he left his wife and kids and his wife was shunned by many other adults just because she was good looking and single. His father shared a love for a sport just as he did and I think that is the inly reason he taught him so much about the game.

Although Chick's father taught him to play baseball, he still left Chick at a young age which is an unforgivable action. Chick had to grow up without a father figure; he was never able to have a real father-son relationship. Agreeing with David, if Chick's father had stuck around for his childhood, Chick's life could be completely different than what it is now. Chick might have not gotten a divorce, might've had a better relationship with his daughter, and might've not been depressed and suicidal. Comparing Chick's two parents, his mother was the complete opposite of his father. Chick's mom was always there for him, always cared for him, and always loved him. The same cannot be said for Chick's father. In my opinion, teaching a child baseball does not make up for a lack of parenting, and it makes no sense whatsoever how Chick's father can walk right back into his son's life without having any remorse as to what he has put him through.

I disagree with Kurt. Chick's father did teach him how to play baseball but that's pretty much it. He left the family when the kids were young and didnt return to see Chick until he found out that Chick was playing baseball in college. His dad never went back to see Roberta or their mother. And when Chick stooped plying baseball and had kids his dad slowly stopped coming to visit Chick and his family.