The Natural Characters

Down in the BoondocksRoy Hobbs seems to come out of nowhere. He's from some unnamed rural town out west and hasn't been anywhere else except Boise and Portland. He's not the most sophisticated guy...

Memo's a gold-digging seductress with an exotic name, exotic red hair, and a killer body. She's the reincarnation of Harriet Bird in Roy's life, just as deadly. Roy's lust for Memo is what leads to...

Poor Pop. He's sad and demoralized because his Knights aren't exactly wearing shining armor. They lose most of their games and Pop's slowly losing his mind. "I shoulda been a farmer," Pop Fisher sa...

Iris is everything that Memo's not. She's mature, sympathetic, supportive, and she wants Roy to just be himself. He meets her in a grassy park and takes her swimming in a lake. Memo's more comforta...

We don't know much about Judge Banner, but what we do know isn't good. He's a lying, cheating skinflint who will bet against his own team to make a buck. The owner of the New York Knights, he sees...

This guy's a real slime ball. Just look at him: a "short, somewhat popeyed gent" who goes around questioning everyone about their lives, trying to make a living off of telling their secrets to the...

Gus is a bookie, which means he stands to make a lot of money if he knows the outcome of a ball game before it is played. Which is why he makes some unsavory proposals to Roy about not playing his...

Much like The Whammer, Bump is a guy you shouldn't mess with. He's big, strong, famous, and rich. But Roy can't help himself: Bump has everything that Roy wants, including a gorgeous girlfriend. Bu...

This bird isn't around for long, but she makes quite the impact on our poor hero's life. Harriet's the nutcase behind this headline: "WEST COAST OLYMPIC ATHLETE SHOT"FOLLOWS 24 HOURS AFTER SLAYING...

The coach/manager of the Knights, Red Blow is a sweetheart who's always looking out for Pop and Roy. When Roy gets to New York, Red takes him out for dinner and a movie and shows him around town. H...

Sam's the scout who first discovered Roy and took him to Chicago for the tryouts. He's a bad alcoholic who's ruined his real scouting career with all his drinking. He's reduced to tramping around b...

Nice name, right? You expect a guy called Whambold to knock 'em out of the park, and that's what Walter "The Whammer" does. He's the big oaf on the train who doesn't talk much, but is sure enough o...

They were a nutty bunch to begin with but when they were losing they were impossible. It was like some kind of sickness. They threw to the wrong bases, bumped heads together in the outfield, passed...