Article of the Week Worried About Riots in Baltimore, Baseball Teams
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Name: ______________________________ Period: ______ Date: ______ Article of the Week Directions: Read the following article carefully and annotate. You need to include at least 1 annotation per paragraph. Be sure to include all of the following in your total annotations. Annotation = Marking the Text + A Note of Explanation 1. Great Idea or Point – Write why you think it is a good idea or point – ! 2. Confusing Point or Idea – Write a question to ask that might help you understand – ? 3. Unknown Word or Phrase – Circle the unknown word or phrase, then write what you think it might mean based on context clues or your word knowledge – 4. A Question You Have – Write a question you have about something in the text – ?? 5. Summary – In a few sentences, write a summary of the paragraph, section, or passage – # Worried about riots in Baltimore, baseball teams play in empty stadium By Tribune Washington Bureau, adapted by Newsela staff 05.04.15 Picture and Caption ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ Paragraph #1 No fans were allowed to attend the Baltimore Orioles game at ___________________________ Camden Yards in Baltimore on April 29, 2015, due to unrest in the city. The Orioles beat the Chicago White Sox 8-2. ___________________________ Photo: Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/TNS ___________________________ Para #1 BALTIMORE, Md. — The umpire waved to the Paragraph #2 crowd as he walked on the field. Maybe he was joking, or just did it out of habit. Today, there was no crowd. ___________________________ Para #2 On April 29, 2015, Major League Baseball held a ___________________________ “ghost game” — the first in its long history. There were no fans in the stadium to watch the Baltimore Orioles defeat ___________________________ the Chicago White Sox, 8-2. Paragraph #3 "Paid Attendance Is Zero" ___________________________ No one waited in line for a bathroom, or enjoyed the Para #3 ___________________________ bright 72-degree afternoon. No one snacked on Maryland crab cakes or booed when the umpire made a bad call. Only three of ___________________________ the 45,971 green plastic seats at Camden Yards were occupied — by three scouts, who watch and rate players. High above the Paragraph #4 scouts, in the press box, was a large group of curious reporters. Many were shaking their heads in shock. ___________________________ Para #4 “Today’s official paid attendance is zero,” the press box ___________________________ announcer said. Paragraph #5 Para #5 Baltimore has been torn apart by riots in recent days ___________________________ because of anger over the death of Freddie Gray. The young black man died after being arrested by Baltimore police. The city is ___________________________ just now calming down, but the league decided to hold its first fan-less game over safety concerns. Paragraph #6 "Take Me Out To The Ballgame?" ___________________________ Para #6 Even with the unrest in the city, the game had to go on, ___________________________ because of Major League Baseball's long 162-game schedule. Paragraph #7 Every team must play the same number of games. This makes the standings fair at the end of the season. ___________________________ Para #7 The game moved quickly, lasting about two hours, ___________________________ which is short — for baseball. The seventh-inning stretch featured a lightning-fast version of “Take Me Out to the Paragraph #8 Ballgame.” But there were no fans to sing along, or to stretch. ___________________________ Playing a professional sport with no fans watching Para #8 ___________________________ brought up some deep questions. If there are no fans, is it still worth playing? And if the fans are not needed, why do we watch? Paragraph #9 Para #9 What does home-field advantage really mean? Is it ___________________________ about a familiar stadium for the players? Or is it about the emotional need of our sports heroes to bond with their community? ___________________________ Players Missed The Fans Paragraph #10 Para #10 That last question was especially appropriate this ___________________________ week in Baltimore. The game was played without fans because ___________________________ it was thought to be too dangerous to allow them inside the gates. The decision caused intense debate. Paragraph #11 Para #11 Adam LaRoche, first baseman for the White Sox, ___________________________ said the lack of fans had certainly taken away some of the meaning of the game. ___________________________ Para #12 “It’s a big part of why we come out here and do what Paragraph #12 we do,” he said in the dugout before the game. “It’s a shame ___________________________ that it’s come to them not being able to come out and (enjoy) the game.” ___________________________ Para #13 White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper admitted that Paragraph #13 playing in an empty stadium was “weird” and “different.” Without the help of fans, Cooper said, the players would have ___________________________ to find the motivation from inside themselves. ___________________________ Quiet Stadium Is Not Normal Paragraph #14 As manager of the Orioles, Buck Showalter has a Para #14 ___________________________ voice that matters much in Baltimore. He said it was not his place to imagine why the city had fallen apart. ___________________________ Para #15 Showalter said he could not possibly get into the Paragraph #15 mind of the city’s young black men and pretend he understood their experience. But, he added, he wanted the team to rally ___________________________ the city. ___________________________ Para #16 “There are some things I don’t want to be normal,” he Paragraph #16 said. “I want us to learn from some stuff that’s gone on, from both sides of it.” ___________________________ Para #17 It was certainly not normal in the ballpark. Showalter ___________________________ said he was careful about the language he used in the dugout Paragraph #17 because it was so easy to hear it from anywhere in the huge empty stadium. ___________________________ Fans Try To Get A Peek ___________________________ Para #18 Peering into the stadium from outside the gates, a Paragraph #18 small group of fans provided the only cheers: ___________________________ “O-R-I-O-L-E-S … Let’s go, O’s!” ___________________________ Para #19 The best views were across the street from the park, in the Hilton Hotel tower, where Orioles and White Sox banners Paragraph #19 hung from the balconies. ___________________________ Para #20 “You’re taking away from the fans, but I understand ___________________________ there is bigger stuff going on than baseball right now,” said Benjamin Fluke, 19, a criminal justice major at the University of Paragraph #20 Baltimore who watched from outside. ___________________________ Para #21 Lifelong Baltimore resident Richard Messick sat on a post on the sidewalk watching the strange spectacle. ___________________________ Para #22 “It breaks my heart that it had to come to this,” he Paragraph #21 said, speaking of the riots that had left the city bruised. As for the decision to hold a game in an empty stadium, he said it ___________________________ was an overreaction. ___________________________ Paragraph #22 TURN TO BACK PAGE FOR QUESTIONS ___________________________ ___________________________ Quiz Standard 1: What the Text Says 1. Which sentence gives details that BEST explain why the game was not normal? (A) No one snacked on Maryland crab cakes or booed when the umpire made a bad call. (B) Without the help of fans, Cooper said, the players would have to find motivation inside themselves. (C) The game moved quickly, moving about two hours, which is short for baseball. (D) The league decided to hold its first fan-less game over safety concerns. Standard 1: What the Text Says 2. Select the paragraph in the section "Take Me Out To The Ballgame?" that explains why the game was still played. (A) Paragraph #6 (B) Paragraph #7 (C) Paragraph #8 (D) Paragraph #9 Standard 2: Central Idea 3. In the section "Players Missed The Fans," which paragraph includes the BEST summary of the article? (A) Paragraph #10 (B) Paragraph #11 (C) Paragraph #12 (D) Paragraph #13 Standard 2: Central Idea 4. Which answer choice opinion would be LEAST important to include in a summary of the article? (A) “There are some things I don’t want to be normal,” he said. “I want us to learn from some stuff that’s gone on, from both sides of it.” (B) Without the help of fans, Cooper said, the players would have to find motivation inside themselves. (C) “You’re taking away from the fans, but I understand there is bigger stuff going on than baseball right now,” said Benjamin Fluke, 19, a criminal justice major at the University of Baltimore who watched from outside. (D) “It breaks my heart that it had to come to this,” he said, speaking of the riots that had left the city bruised. .