Chapter 4 pgs. 73-101

5 comments

• There were new owners of the of the Red Sox club in 2002.
• In 2001 the clubs payroll increased to 100 million.
• John Henry didn't care that Johnny Damon was signed to the Red Sox.
• The new owners had to adjust to everything and work with the players.
• In 2001 Garciaparra was on a campaign and had to cut it short because he went in for wrist surgery.

4 questions

• Do politics really have a influence on baseball and whats going to happen?
• Why does one person get to make the decisions on what person goes to what team he went to and why does it really matter?
• When a new owner takes over do all the players have to go through and meet them or do they have to meet them at another time?
• Do teammates have a say in weather the person will join the team or not?

3 questions

• phenomenon: impressive or extraordinary
• fraternization: to associate in a friendly way
• pessimistic: gloomy

2 literary

• The book is referring to a lot of other teams and how they also affected baseball.
• This is a lot about the Red Sox in like 2002 and its telling about them and how they adjusted to new managers.

1 overview

• This was about the new club owners and how they adjusted and worked with the Red Sox and how they did and how they settled in.

chapter 3 pgs. 39-73

5 comments

• The baseball season usually runs from February to October and that's the beginning of spring training to the World Series.
• During the 1990 series the Red Sox were finally in the position to trade in the middle of the season who could help them in the second half.
• There are a lot of terms in the book like 1.23 ERA and they sometimes are harder to understand.
• People found it odd that Garciaparra jumped right into the major league games.
• This told a lot about the people who were on the team and how they reacted and worked there.

4 questions

• Why does the baseball season run from February to October?
• Why in baseball do all players have to be compared to each other?
• Why does it seem like baseball players always even during the off season are very busy and are always having to focus on baseball?
• Why if you are only in the minor leagues are you not even compared to the major leagues if you are just as good?

3 vocabulary

• tangible: having physical existence
• abysmal: bad or severe
• bigotry: stubborn and complete intolerance

2 literary

• Its going back to the 1997 and then starts to talk about that season and on from there.
• "he wanted to be a star" metaphor (pg 54)

1 overview

• This chapter had a lot of things about trading players, like how they decided to trade the players and who they thought were going to be better for the team and who wouldn't be good for the team.

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.

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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Dynasty

5,4,3,2,1 organizer pgs. 220-256 epilogue

5 Comments

• Mike Lowell had a baseball themed dinner with President Bush, The First Lady, six other players and Tito.
  
• During the off-season Mike Lowell re-signed with the Red Sox's
  
• Mike Lowell when re-signing thought that he could get a 3 year 30 million dollar deal.
  
• Mike Lowell's mothers name is Beatriz and she was a big help throughout all of Mike Lowell's life.
  
• In Mike Lowell's acknowledgements he had a lot of people to thank for helping him.
  

4 Questions

• Do the people on the team have any say in if they want to go to a certain team or not?
  
• Was it weird going and having dinner with the President and The First Lady?
  
• Does all the attention that they are getting after winning the World Series go to their head or do they know they are going to have to go right back out there again next year and do all this work again?
  
• Do the players always have to re-sign or could they just decide to stop playing the sport?
  

3 Vocabulary

• aback: used only i taken back surprised
  
• euphoria: feeling of well being
  
• embarked: to go aboard a ship; begin start
  

2 Literary

• This also had a lot of things that his family and other people had ever done for him.
  
• There was acknowledgements to who Mike Lowell had to thank through his life for what they had done for him.
  

1 Overview

• This was about the people that Mike Lowell wanted to thank people for, and about how he resigned to the Red Sox's after they had won the World Series and how he went to the White House.
  

5,4,3,2,1 organizer 160-220

5 Comments

• During a game with Baltimore Mike Lowell took a fast ball to the head but was fine and made it out with a bump on the head.
  
• After he got the bump in the head he made an imaging play to catch a ball and make and out.
  
• Mike Redmond was one of Mike Lowell's best friends in the game.
  
• It must be really hard to keep switching teams because you make good friends with someone and then you have to leave and not see them for awhile, or until your teams face each other.
  
• His journal entry for October 29, 2007 it only said unbelievable.
  

4 Questions

• If someone gets hit during a game by a pitch from a pitcher what happens to the pitcher?
  
• Why does everyone think that they should describe life as a roller coaster ride?
  
• Do they Red Sox's enjoy having Mike Lowell on the team and do they think that it was a good idea to take him and put him on the team?
  
• Was there ever a time between Mike Lowell and his wife that they thought that they were going to breakup.
  

3 Vocabulary

• mercilessly: showing no mercy
  
• incumbent: resting as a duty; holder of an office
  
• diminutive: tiny
  

2 Literary

• They showed some of a small conversations only about 2 lines on page 167.
  
• This was really him telling the story and things that had happened to him or that he had done in life.
  

1 Overview

• This was about the '03 season Mike Lowell spent with the Red Sox's and how they had won the World Series.