Tuesday, November 18, 2008

chapter 1 pgs 1-16

5 comments
  • When the Red Sox won the 2004 World series people started to forget how long it took them to win a World Series.
  • When they won the 2007 World Series people seen a change for the better.
  • Everyone was excited that the Red Sox won the two World Series (championships) they didn't know weather to call it and accident or a reversed curse.
  • One line in the chapter that i really liked was no matter how much the Red Sox's hate the Yankee's They wantd to be just like them.
  • It told about some of the contracts that teamates had with the Red Sox's.

4 Questions

  • When playing baseball is there a certain age that they are asked or have to retire?
  • Why did Red Sox fans get on them so much for not winning a World Series for so long?
  • Why were certain things that were written in the book italicized when other things were not?
  • I still do not understant the big rivalry that the Red Sox's have with the New York Yankees?

3 Vocabulary

  • Parity: equality as in amount
  • Nostalgia: a wistful desire
  • Extraordinaire: uncommon; remarkable

2 Literary

  • There was a lot of looking back in this book to what happened early in the Red Sox's career ecspecialli looking back on the World Series.
  • Some things throughout the chapter were italizied.

1 Overview

  • This was mostly about the World Series and how the Red Sox's came back to make a win, winning two world series in 5 years.

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