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Baseball: America's Pastime

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Picture a warm summer evening in a packed stadium, the smell of fresh-cut GRASS filling the air as a young player named Marcus steps up to the PLATE for the first time in a professional tryout. Baseball is often called America's PASTIME, a nickname that reflects how deeply the sport is woven into the country's cultural identity. The game is played between two teams of nine PLAYERS each, taking turns in the field and at bat over nine INNINGS. Each inning gives both teams a chance to score RUNS, with the team scoring the most runs by the end of the game declared the winner. Marcus has spent years studying the sport's structure, knowing that understanding the rules is the first step toward a career on the field.

Each baseball team has _____ players on the field at a time.

NINE

Baseball is divided into nine of these scoring periods called _____.

INNINGS

Name something the text tells us about how a baseball game is won.

SCORE THE MOST RUNS / WIN BY END OF GAME

The informal cultural title given to baseball in America is _____.

PASTIME

Name two things Marcus does in the opening scene of the lesson.

STEPS UP TO THE PLATE / STUDIES THE SPORT

Close your eyes and imagine you are standing in a massive stadium at night, lights blazing overhead. What sounds do you hear around you?

CROWD / CHEERING / BAT CRACK / ANNOUNCER

Writing Prompt

Write anything that comes to mind about what it would feel like to step up to the plate for the first time in front of a huge crowd.

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