The Brooklyn Nine

Walter and his family are on Coney Island, and he hears a baseball game playing. He is a batboy for the Brooklyn Superbas team, so he’s interested in the game while his parents check in to their hotel. Talented Black baseball players play the game; Walter is told that the players are Cuban and are part of the wait staff at the hotel. Three boys come up to Walter and insist he give them the bat he got for being batboy. They call him derogatory terms based on their belief that he is Jewish, while Walter insists that he is not (107). They beat him and take his hat before a Pinkerton comes over and grabs Walter for fighting as the other boys run away. Walter’s parents arrive just in time and tell him them that there is not enough room in the hotel for them. Walter insists that they must have room because the hotel has 1,000 rooms and they have a reservation. Still, his parents say they must go to the West Brighton Inn instead of the Brighton Beach Hotel where they always stay. As they check in, Walter’s father checks them in under the name Snider instead of Schneider and tells Walter they will be changing their name.