Tuesday, November 18, 2008

chapter 2 pgs 16-39

5 comments
  • The Red Sox general manager is Dan Duquette.
  • In 2001 the general manager Dan Duquette started to feel run down because it was moving to quickly.
  • There was a quote said that said "there's a new sheriff in town. You're on your own.
  • When Dan made the comment referring himself to the government newspapers got all over him.
  • News papers get on people sometimes for speaking their minds and saying how they really feel about something.

4 Questions

  • When a game is over and the team has won to some players stay out and look at the Field in amazement trying to comprehend their win?
  • To some players believe in superstitions like they have to do the same thing before every game?
  • Why do managers of the Red Sox act big and tuff sometimes?
  • Do all players really have a cocky side where they are the best and no one can really compete with them?

3 Vocabulary

  • acquisition: gaining procession
  • relevance: pertinence to the matter at hand
  • audacity: boldness or daring

2 literary

  • The general manger says that the Red Sox are just like the government when you call the first time you never get through the first time.
  • There were quotes from things that people have said that they used to make a point when they were saying something.

1 Overview

  • This chapter was about Dan Duquette and his time with the Red Sox and how newspapers got all over him sometimes for what he said.

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