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This has been my favorite book that I have read this year. This is my favorite book because it is about a true baseball story and I like non-fiction books. This is also my favorite book because I got to learn about a small town team in Illinois winning the entire national high school playoffs. I also got to lean more about life in a rural town like that. I really liked the characters because they were always positive
— May 31, 2016 02:23PM
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A similarity between the book that I am reading and a book that I have read is character relationships. Both of the main characters are very friendly to the people around them. An example is that coach Sweet in this book never yells at his team because he knows that it will most likely mess up their skill while playing in a baseball game. In my other book, the new European quarterback never yells at his team either.
— May 23, 2016 02:19PM
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I would interview coach Sweet. I would interview coach Sweet because I would ask him why he wanted to coach the baseball team. I think that he he would say that he used to play baseball and wanted to help the team out since they didn't have a coach. I would also ask him why he coached the way he does. I assume that his response would be that he wanted the players to get to know each other and they know more then him.
— May 16, 2016 02:18PM
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Coach Sweet holds his first practice of the 1971 season. There is news around town that a kid Maycomb went to the war in Vietnam and died. He is the first death for that town. Lots of other families had to go to the war because the war in Vietnam turned out to be a big deal. At the first practice, nine players return to the team. Five freshman also join the team. Coach Sweet later described the team as very thin.
— May 09, 2016 02:19PM
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is on page 100 of 272
I think that the author is trying to say that if you work hard enough, you will find a way to win. In the book so far, a small town in Illinois named Macon made it to the playoffs for the first time in years. The team's coach has never coached a team before but the team worked hard enough to make it to the playoffs. Eventhough they lost, in the next coming years the team should be able to make it all the way.
— May 02, 2016 02:25PM
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is on page 90 of 272
I am reading another sports book. I chose this book because it is a true story about a high school baseball team and I wanted to read about how a school that small made it very far in the playoffs. Reading this book shows that I am a stronger reader because it is a longer book than I usually read. There is also many vocabulary words that I don't know so I am improving on my vocabulary.
— Apr 25, 2016 02:22PM
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is on page 49 of 272
The most interesting thing that I read this week was that usually the baseball games in Indiana were cancelled because of weather. This week, the coaches decided to play in 39 degrees weather with strong winds. This was unusual in Indiana because they were usually cancelled. Sweet and his team lost their first game. Parents want Sweet to leave town but the kids tell their parents that he needs to stay and teach.
— Mar 21, 2016 02:21PM
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is on page 42 of 272
The exposition of my book is so far the most important. It is the most important because coach Sweet is having his first baseball practice. He tells his kids that practice is optional and that the kids get to pick what positions they play in which inning. Coach Sweet has never coached before so he was going to give this method a try. The boys didn't know what to do since their other coach wasn't coaching anymore.
— Mar 14, 2016 02:28PM
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A new teacher comes to the town of Macon, Illinois. At the school he teaches English. One day, Steve S. Takes a carton of tomatoes and starts to throw them at cars with his friend. They were at the top of a balcony so they wouldn't get caught. He and his friend decided to use apples which were harder. He was able to throw 3 apples at the cop car. The teacher heard about this and wants him on his baseball team.
— Mar 07, 2016 02:20PM
