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."

In the context of the story, the excerpt is ironic because Billy's father

is actually a very good baseball player.

named his son after a baseball player.

stayed away from the playoffs.

is more concerned about the family's vacation.

The correct answer is named his son after a baseball player.

Explanation:

When we speak of irony in literature we are referring to the fact that an opposite or incoherent thing exists between what is believed to happen in a situation and what it really is.

In this case it happens in the reaction of the son towards the father. The son is very angry and complains to the father that he would never understand him and his passion because he never cared about anything from baseball. The reality is that the father named his son Billy after baseball player Billy Mason.

Given this information we can say that the correct answer is: named his son after a baseball player.

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