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Franchise Name: a Cut Above the Rest Unfinished Symphony an Inside Man Backhanded Woman on the Side Nothing says spring time like spring training! Below you will find a whole bunch of batting greats! Your mis- sion is to name all of the players pictured below and then match them to the batting title that they hold. Here’s to hoping you hit a home run with this puzzle! Sam Crawford Babe Ruth Ty Cobb Pete Rose Hughie Jennings Reggie Jackson Record: Most Triples Record: Highest Slugging Average Record: Highest Batting Average Record: Most Singles Record: Most Hit By Pitch Record: Most Strikeouts Kevin Bass Barry Bonds Eddie Collins Tris Speaker Hank Aaron Jesse Burkett Record: Most Fouls in One At Bat Record: Most Homeruns Record: Most Sacrifice Bunts Record: Most Doubles Record: Most RBIs Record: Most ITP Home Runs Franchise Name: A cut above the rest unfinished symphony an inside man backhanded woman on the side Here are 12 picture puzzles for you to try and solve. Each individual picture is it’s own answer and has no connec- tion to the others. Good luck and we hope your brain doesn’t hurt when you’re Separated at birth done with these! Aren’t you ready yet Wrong end of the stick you’re under arrest sideshow 4 degrees below zero sailing the high seas Where the wild things are Charlotte’s web Chicka chicka boom boom If you give a mouse a cookie Rainbow fish Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good very bad day Here are some illustrations from12 famous children’s books! Can you identify them all? Brown Bear, Brown Bear Goodnight Moon The snowy day The giving tree Your Baby’s first word will be dada Gerald mcboing boing .
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