Title: Farm Team Author: Will Weaver Pages: 400 The book Farm Team by Will Weaver is one of the better books I have been able to read this past year. The setting is revealed as the book begins. ... After pitching a perfect game in Weavers" last book called striking out, the coach who watched him throw it was impressed enough to want him as a pitcher for a full season. ... Point of View: First Theme: Overcoming adversity There are many themes in this book but overcoming adversity is highly present in this story because Billy could have quit any number of times things went wrong. ......

• Word Count: 882
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

All one has to do is examine the chronology of the 20th century in America's history to note the interrelationship between athletic heroes and the influence they have had on the masses. ... One of the earlier occurrences, happened in July of 1970, when Jim Bouton, a pitcher for the Yankees, published a book, Ball Four, which reported the previous untold stories of his Yankees teammates and other experiences he had while being a professional athlete. This is the first time anyone had ever exposed this kind of negativity about athletes and, at that time, the book was considered ...

• Word Count: 1777
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

As the commissioner's office turned a blind eye to the home run boom of the late 1990's, baseball writers and broadcasters began to fret over the sudden onslaught of 50 and 60 home run seasons and the potential fraud being ravaged on the games record book. ... Many people made note of this. ...

• Word Count: 1157
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

"Cub fans under age fifty may find it hard to fathom, but there was a time when the Cubs were not thought of as perennial doormats, " David Folk writes in his book, The Cubs Reader (Fulk 1). ... Spalding, president of the White Stockings, published a book in 1911 called America's National Game. ...

• Word Count: 3527
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Bruce Barry's Introduction The Ken Griffey Jr. Negotiation This case is a journalist's account (published in Sports Illustrated) of negotiations surrounding a professional baseball player in the U.S. named Ken Griffey, Jr. that took place during the winter of 2000. I realize that you may know ...

• Word Count: 3204
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

Bruce Barry's Introduction The Ken Griffey Jr. Negotiation This case is a journalist's account (published in Sports Illustrated) of negotiations surrounding a professional baseball player in the U.S. named Ken Griffey, Jr. that took place during the winter of 2000. I realize that you may know ...

• Word Count: 3204
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

Bruce Barry's Introduction The Ken Griffey Jr. Negotiation This case is a journalist's account (published in Sports Illustrated) of negotiations surrounding a professional baseball player in the U.S. named Ken Griffey, Jr. that took place during the winter of 2000. I realize that you may know ...

• Word Count: 3204
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

Bruce Barry's Introduction The Ken Griffey Jr. Negotiation This case is a journalist's account (published in Sports Illustrated) of negotiations surrounding a professional baseball player in the U.S. named Ken Griffey, Jr. that took place during the winter of 2000. I realize that you may know ...

• Word Count: 3204
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

Bruce Barry's Introduction The Ken Griffey Jr. Negotiation This case is a journalist's account (published in Sports Illustrated) of negotiations surrounding a professional baseball player in the U.S. named Ken Griffey, Jr. that took place during the winter of 2000. I realize that you may know ...

• Word Count: 3204
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

Bruce Barry's Introduction The Ken Griffey Jr. Negotiation This case is a journalist's account (published in Sports Illustrated) of negotiations surrounding a professional baseball player in the U.S. named Ken Griffey, Jr. that took place during the winter of 2000. I realize that you may know ...

• Word Count: 3204
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School