Sunday, December 7, 2008

chapter 5 pgs. 101-142

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.

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