Playing for Free

When baseball icon Boog Logan stuns the nation by announcing he'll play the season without pay, it begins as a headline. Then a hashtag. Then a movement.Overnight, Playing for Free becomes a national phenomenon-a swirling collision of patriotism, media spectacle, and televangelical zeal. Boog is everywhere: lionized by fans, branded by corporations, and manipulated by those who see him not as a man, but as leverage.Behind the chants and prayer rallies, though, lies something far more dangerous-a billion-dollar laundering scheme run by baseball's iron-fisted elite, and orchestrated by the unflinching Eleanor Von Steiner.As scandals erupt-rigged bets, staged breakdowns, and smear campaigns-two unlikely allies rise: T.J. Stroker, a burned-out journalist chasing one last truth, and Riley Chen, a tech whistleblower with everything to lose. Together, they begin to expose the machine behind the movement-and the cost of worshiping a symbol instead of the truth.And as the nation watches, Boog must decide: protect the illusion-or blow it all wide open.A blistering sports thriller about faith, manipulation, and the cost of becoming a symbol.