Wednesday, December 17, 2008

chapter 7 pgs. 191-225

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.

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