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Scott Foresman Reading Street 2.6.1

ISBN 0-328-13307-8

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Biography

by Greg Rogers

Suggested levels for Guided Reading, DRA,™ Lexile,® and Reading Recovery™ are provided in the Pearson Scott Foresman Leveling Guide.

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GenreComprehension

Skills and StrategyText Features

Biography • Compare and Contrast

• Fact and Opinion• Visualize

• Headings• Captions

Scott Foresman Reading Street 2.6.1

ISBN 0-328-13307-8

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Biography

by Greg Rogers

Suggested levels for Guided Reading, DRA,™ Lexile,® and Reading Recovery™ are provided in the Pearson Scott Foresman Leveling Guide.

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1. How is baseball today different from baseball in the past? Use a chart like the one below to organize your ideas.

2. Read page 8. Try to picture in your mind what the words are describing to you. What do you see?

3. Draw a picture to explain the meaning of the words plate on page 5, bases on page 7, and field on page 8.

4. Based on what you have read in this book, why do you think these players are in the Baseball Hall of Fame?

Reader Response

Baseball Today Baseball in the Past

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Three of the Greats

by Greg Rogers

Editorial Offices: Glenview, Illinois • Parsippany, New Jersey • New York, New YorkSales Offices: Needham, Massachusetts • Duluth, Georgia • Glenview, Illinois

Coppell, Texas • Ontario, California • Mesa, Arizona

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Every effort has been made to secure permission and provide appropriate credit for photographic material. The publisher deeply regrets any omission and pledges to correct errors called to its attention in subsequent editions.

Unless otherwise acknowledged, all photographs are the property of Scott Foresman, a division of Pearson Education.

Photo locators denoted as follows: Top (T), Center (C), Bottom (B), Left (L), Right (R), Background (Bkgd)

Opener: Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, NY; 1 Getty Images; 3 (T) Bettmann/Corbis, (BR) Getty Images; 4 (Bkgd) Getty Images, (CL) Brand X Pictures, (BC) Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, NY; 5 Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, NY; 6 Getty Images; 7 (CR) Getty Images, (BC) Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, NY; 8 (Bkgd) Getty Images, (BC) Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, NY; 9 (CR) © Comstock Inc., (B) Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, NY; 10 (Bkgd) Getty Images, (B) © Bettmann/Corbis; 11 (CR) Brand X Pictures, (B) Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, NY; 12 (Bkgd) Getty Images, (B) George Strock/Getty Images

ISBN: 0-328-13307-8

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Baseball is very different today than it was in the past. For many years, African Americans were not allowed to play in the major leagues. Instead, African American players played in separate baseball leagues. They were called the Negro leagues.

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People would not let great African American players join major league baseball until the mid-1940s. They were not allowed to play because of their skin color .

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Amazing Pitcher Satchel PaigeSatchel Paige played in the

Negro leagues. He threw a baseball with great control. He could trick any hitter at the plate. Satchel Paige pitched and enjoyed the cheers of fans for more than twenty years.

Satchel Paige

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In the 1940s some African American players were finally asked to join the major leagues. Paige joined the Cleveland Indians. His pitching helped the Indians win the 1948 World Series.

Satchel Paige

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Flyball Chaser Cool Papa BellJames “Cool Papa” Bell was

known for his speed in running around the bases. For thirty years Cool Papa Bell was called the fastest man in baseball.

James Bell

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Cool Papa Bell sailed across the field. People joked that he ran so fast he could turn off the lights and be in bed before they went out! Cool Papa Bell entered the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.

James Bell

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Power Hitter Josh GibsonJosh Gibson was best known

for his batting skill. Some think he may be the greatest home run hitter in history. Some of Josh Gibson’s home runs are still famous today.

Josh Gibson

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Josh Gibson once hit a home run in Pittsburgh. The next day a ball landed in a ballpark in Philadelphia. It was more than two hundred miles away. People joked and said it must have been Gibson’s hit from the day before!

Josh Gibson

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Josh Gibson played in the Negro leagues for seventeen years. He hit almost eight hundred home runs. Josh Gibson joined the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972 .

Josh Gibson

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These three great ballplayers were kept out of the major leagues for many years. They were left out because of the color of their skin. This was not fair. Their amazing skill showed that they belonged with the best. Today they are all in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Satchel Paige

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1. How is baseball today different from baseball in the past? Use a chart like the one below to organize your ideas.

2. Read page 8. Try to picture in your mind what the words are describing to you. What do you see?

3. Draw a picture to explain the meaning of the words plate on page 5, bases on page 7, and field on page 8.

4. Based on what you have read in this book, why do you think these players are in the Baseball Hall of Fame?

Reader Response

Baseball Today Baseball in the Past

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