For 10 points—name this work about Roy Hobbs and his bat "Wonderboy", a novel by Bernard Malamud.
One character in this work is injured at a baseball game when he heckles a hitter and is hit in the head with a foul ball.  In addition to the dwarf Otto P. Zipp, one character in this work witnesses the death of scout Sam Simpson before discovering the intention of a star hitter to throw a playoff game for $35,000.  That star hitter had earlier struck out a man called the Whammer when he was a pitcher, but was shot by Harriet Bird and didn't get to the major leagues until sixteen years later, when he was signed for $3,000 by the New York Knights and manager "Pop" Fisher.  For 10 points—name this work about Roy Hobbs and his bat "Wonderboy", a novel by Bernard Malamud.
One character in this work is injured at a baseball game when he heckles a hitter and is hit in the head with a foul ball.  
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