Chapel fearing that he would lose his perfect game there, the Tigers' shortstop dives and throws to first in time to retire Strout, giving Chapel his perfect game. ... Despite his amazing accomplishment, Billy weeps not only for the loss of baseball, but for the other love of his life, Jane.

Is Billy Chapel a real baseball player?

For Love of the Game is a novel by American author Michael Shaara, published posthumously in 1991. The book tells the story of fictional baseball great Billy Chapel, thirty-seven years old and nearing the end of his career.

Can Kevin Costner really pitch?

Costner did not play organized baseball past high school, but he has no trouble pulling off the role of a big-league pitcher. Watching him throw an 80-mile-an-hour fastball is a lot less painful than watching Gary Cooper attempt to swing a bat as Lou Gehrig.