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- The Red Sox had won their second world Series in 4 years.
- Theo Epstein Thinks that the past 5 years were the best the red Sox had ever had.
- Schilling got a deal of $8 million to come back fpr the 2008 season.
- Josh Beckett was signed for three years for $12.5.
- They are saying the Red Sox have a better team now and have more players that they can fall back on.
4 questions
- Why does it seem that certain teams have rivalries with other teams?
- Is it necessary to always have competition during a game of bases ball?
- After the season when do they players do there training?
- Why do so many people want to get into the Major leagues and not because of the money?
3 vocabulary
- tumultuous: raising a great commotion
- eerie: uncanny
- pronouncement: an opinion or decision
2 literary
- This was now talking about the present day Red Sox.
- It also spoke a lot about trading members.
1 overview
- This really summed up everything that had happened in the book.
5 comments
- This chapter was called two steps forward and before reading i just want to make a guess that now the Red Sox will get back on track and have a better season than their last season.
- Daisuke Matsuzaka was turned into a celebrety because before he came here no one knew him from outside of japan.
- Ichiro Suzuki was also from Japan and came in 2001 but he played with the Seattle Mariners.
- Suzuki was a good ball player and he was the main cause so many new players had come from Japan.
- Base-Ball players get paid up into the millions.
4 questions
- Why do players and faculty get payed so much?
- Why when they get one good player from one place they keep going back there to get new players and never try any where new?
- Why is base-ball just seem so important to some people?
- Is base-ball something that has come through history and where did it really originate from?
3 vocabulary
- frontline: fore front in any action
- fruitful: producing good results
- acumen: keen insight
2 literary
- This went back to 1975 to talk about the most valuable player.
- Then it also went back to 1995, and 1999.
1 overview
- This is about how the Red Sox won another World Series and how hard they tried at it and about the new player they brought on to play this season.
5 comments
- In 2005 both manger Terry Francona and general manager Theo Epstein were getting aggravated because the season wasn't going as planned.
- The 2004 world series made epstien like a celebrity.
- The Red Sox gave Beane a salary of $2.5 million.
- In December 2001 Henry Lucchino, and Tom Werner were named the new Red Sox owners.
- The chapter was called one step back and i think that was becasue they won the 2004 world series but then could not keep up in 2005.
4 questions
- Why are managers and general manager necessary for the game of base-ball and what do they really contribute to the team?
- Why has sports became such a big thing where now people are getting paid and they are really advanced?
- What sport is most watched, and what sport is least watched?
- Why have people became so interesting in watching sports?
3 vocabulary
- lofty: exalted in rank
- severance: a breaking off
- validation: to give legal force
2 literary
- This book goes back a lot to prior seasons that they red Sox have played in.
- "was so blind with rage" ( Massarotti, pg. 229)
1 overview
- This was about the 2005 year of the Red Sox and how they weren't doing that great and how the manager and general manager were getting frustrated about it.
5 comments
- Red Sox won their first world series in 86 years on October 27, 2004.
- Tim Wakefeild said "we'll never hear the '1918' chants again" (Massarotti, pg.191)
- Derek Lowe was credited with the three wins in the post season.
- The Red Sox were down 3-0 to the Yankees and then they won 8 games in a row.
- The parade that the Red Sox had after their victory brought in about 3.2 million people.
4 questions
- I really didn't understand the quote that Tim Wakefeild had said.
- If you are a baseball player and are talking to the press and you say something that is incorrect or is not supposed to be talked about do you get in trouble with the managers?
- On some teams is there really a player that everyone thinks they can't live without because they technically run the team?
- Why do some of the players get cocky and think that the team can't live without them even thought they really can?
3 vocabulary
- prospects: the outlook for the future
- tandem: one following or behind the other
- shambles: a scene of destruction
2 literary
- This chapter in the book had a lot of thing italicized.
- This was a lot about how the Red Sox's changed as a team.
1 overview
- This was about the Red Sox winning their world series and celebrating and how much work it took to win.
5 comments
- This talked a lot about 2003 baseball season and how the Red Sox were having a hard time winning and getting in the game.
- Foulke had a performance that gave him a salary from $6 to $7 million.
- This said a lot about how the Red Sox got Foulke to join their team.
- The Red Sox had a 15-6 start in the game.
- Telling a lot about the Red Sox and them winning and doing the right thing so they could actually win.
4 questions
- Do players have any say in how much money they are going to be payed during the season?
- Why are baseball players paid so much money?
- Do players sometimes have a problem excepting new players when they are from a rival team?
- Why do teams swap players and just keep the teams the same all the time?
3 vocabulary
- potent: powerful ; mighty
- relish: liking or enjoying the taste of something
- ressurected: bring back into practice, notice, or use
2 literary
- There was a section in the book that contained pictures of the Red Sox and their winnings.
- "How do we keep this thing together" (pg. 190) this was when they were saying how they were going to keep winning.
1 overview
- This was about how the Red Sox game back and started winning and were starting to have an ok season.
5 comments
- People say that the length of the baseball season makes it impossible to be consistent on all time.
- Cliff Floyd accepted a chance in the job of being the general manager of the Milwaukee beavers.
- This chapter was mostly about about the general manager and how they got switched and new ones came in.
- Beane was accepted into the Red Sox with a $13 million contract.
- Derek Lowe said "I think we'd win 50 and they'd win 50" about the two teams that were playing in the game.
4 questions
- Do players have a schedule where they can take days off or do they always have to play when they are scheduled?
- Can players, managers, and so on switch teams in the middle of a season?
- What does a free-agent season mean?
- In baseball what does the manager and the general manager really do?
3 vocabulary
- inaugural: begin ; open
- endeavor: try hard, earnest attempt
- foregone: that has gone before
2 literary
- "I am declaring New England to be a no-fret zone. let's enjoy the postseason." (pg. 130)
- "I like our chances against anybody" (pg. 130)
1 overview
- This was about the manager and general manager of the Red Sox and how they were switching and getting new managers and what not.
