Characters in One Shot at Forever

 

The characters go through many changes in the book One Shot at Forever. One of the biggest character changes is when Lynn Sweet changes his whole lifestyle and changes Macon forever. In the beginning of the book Sweet was a man that was called a floater because he never stayed in one place. on page 49 of the book Ballard writes "Sweet was very disliked in the community and was called a "floater" and a "radical" by many people. They had never experienced a man that slept on a new persons couch every night."
When the second baseball season comes around Sweet begins to change. He began to date a woman by the name of Barb Jesse. After Sweet married Jesse they bought a trailer home. This changed sweets image in the community and also the lifestyle he led. Sweet was a radical man with ideas that nobody had ever thought of. Sweet began to be "normal" by the standards of the community after he married Jesse.

In an article about One Shot at Forever the book was said to have brought back memories to some about their days of watching sports and being caught up in the action. People love the book because it is very action-packed and keeps them on the edge of their seat.