Why do you think Brian Baylor was unable to snap the ball during the big game?

Brian Baylor is not unable to snap the ball, but he fails to do it right. In Tangerine by Edward Bloor, Erik Fischer is a terrible person. He is violent, cruel, and acts like he can do no wrong. He is contrasted to other players on the team who are not as cruel or violent. Brian and Antoine are two of the stars on the team, and they don’t like Erik or his crony Arthur, so Brian makes them fail during the final game of the season.
Erik fails to make every single kick during the game because Brian fails to give a good snap on the extra points. Paul didn’t go to the game, so he asks his dad about it—and his dad is livid and blames Brian for doing it on purpose:

He finally said, "It’s like Brian Baylor did it deliberately. Like he wanted to make Erik and Arthur look like fools. All five snaps were wild. They were high, or wide, or they bounced before they got there. He made Arthur jump for them, or dive for them, or chase them down” (part 3, November 24).

Paul’s dad is on the nose. Brian, who, like his friend Antonie, dislikes Erik and Arthur, probably did badly on purpose to make them look foolish. The failed snaps didn’t affect the outcome of the game—their team won 30-0—but it did make Erik look bad, and that was something they probably felt he deserved because of his cruelty and violent nature.