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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?

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Unless otherwise acknowledged, all photographs are the property of Scott Foresman, a division of Pearson Education. Baseball is very different today Photo locators denoted as follows: Top (T), Center (C), Bottom (B), Left (L), Right (R), Background (Bkgd) than it was in the past. For many 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 years, African Americans were not 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 allowed to play in the 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, major leagues. Instead, 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, African American (B) George Strock/Getty Images players played in ISBN: 0-328-13307-8 separate baseball Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. leagues. They were All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This publication is protected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from the publisher called the Negro prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or leagues. likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Permissions Department, Scott Foresman, 1900 East Lake Avenue, Glenview, Illinois 60025. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 V010 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 3

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Satchel Paige James Bell

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James Bell Josh Gibson

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Josh Gibson

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

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