Roy Hobbs Roy Hobbs. Who can forget the amazing baseball player? Just as quickly as Roy Hobbs came, as quickly he left like a flash of tremendous lightning. He joined the New York Knights in 1947 to what was to become their most memorable season yet. To be there watching Hobbs play was to experience magic. When he swung his bat “Wonderboy” it looked like a majestic sword cutting through the wind as it reflected in …showed first 75 words of 591 total…

…showed last 75 words of 591 total…the truth from photographs that told the story of Roy’s past. The reason to Roy's delay was that as a talented, eager young man on his way to claim his fame he was mislead tragically by a madwoman who shot Roy and shot herself in the head. It took many years for Hobbs to heal and regain his strength but he did not give up his dreams. It was never to late for him.