Read the excerpt from "The Legacy of Billy Mason.""I told you I should have stayed home!" Billy protested plaintively. "I'm missing the first game of the playoffs, and my team really needs me!""I understand—" began his father."No, you don't understand," said Billy, "because you never cared about anything like I care about baseball, not in your whole life."

Billy says, “you don't understand,” and complains that his father has never cared about anything the way Billy cares about baseball. This shows that Billy feels misunderstood. His strong feelings about missing the game explain his frustration, but the excerpt does not show that he dislikes his family or is angry most of the time.

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