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29 Mae Jemison #5036 Daily Warm-Ups: Nonfiction Reading 166 ©Teacher Created Resources Warm-Up Check Your Understanding / 4 Name ______________________________________________ 1. From the context of the passage, what is the meaning of sensational? a. incredible c. hard to see b. slow-moving d. running 2. Who is quoted in the last line of the passage? a. a sportswriter c. Mickey Mantle b. a manager d. Willie Mays 3. Which of the following is an opinion and not a fact? a. Willie Mays was the greatest baseball player. b. Mays hit twenty-two extra-inning home runs. c. Mays hit his first home run off pitcher Warren Spahn. d. Mays was often called the “Say Hey Kid.” 4. What is a fluid running style? a. running in water b. easy, smooth leg movement c. very slow d. hard to see In the 1950s and early 1960s, you could start a serious argument about who was the best player in baseball. Yankee fans tended to support Mickey Mantle as a power hitter and swift-running center fielder. Giants fans favored Willie Mays. From the time he entered the league at the age of twenty in 1951, Mays was a great player. He could hit with great power. He could also run the bases with style and great speed. He could catch just about anything hit in the direction of center field. Mantle was fast, but Mays was an artist with the glove. “The Catch” was made in the first game of the 1954 World Series. It became the standard beside which all other great fielding efforts were compared. With the score tied in the eighth inning and a runner on first, Cleveland Indians’ slugger Vic Wertz smashed a towering drive into the far reaches of right center field at the Polo Grounds. Mays took off at the crack of the bat with his long-legged, fluid, smooth stride. He made the catch with his back to the plate. He turned and fired a perfect strike to second base, forcing the runner back to first. The Giants won in ten innings and swept the series. Mays played from 1951 to 1973 and hit 660 home runs. He became the all-time leader in outfield putouts. He made many more sensational catches and won twelve Gold Gloves in fielding. When asked if any particular catch was his greatest, he responded, “I don’t compare ’em, I just catch ’em.” Fascinating People Download 10.24 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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