Secondly, " Chick chooses to be a daddy's boy and devotes his young life to pleasing him. Dad wants Chick to pursue baseball, which Chick does. Even after his father disappears when he's 11, Chick doesn't give up the dream and the goal of pleasing him. He continues the sport, eventually playing for a minor league team and ultimately getting the call to the majors in time to play in the World Series