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Quote #10
He had to be married and have the dough, both before next spring—in case he never did get to play. He thought of other means to earn some money fast—selling the story of his life to the papers, barnstorming a bit this fall and winter, not too strenuously. But neither of these things added up to much—not twenty-five grand. (9.73)
Lying in the hospital, Roy realizes his time is up in baseball, which really makes obsess about ways to get money to marry Memo. His get-rich-quick plans, like selling out to the tabloids or "barnstorming," which means appearing all around the countryside, making speeches or doing demonstrations, are probably really not all that lucrative. He seems to be trapped and will eventually resort to desperate measures.