Farm Team By Will Weaver
The book Farm Team by Will Weaver is one of the better books I have been able to read this past year. The setting is revealed as the book begins. It takes place the first day of the 1971 baseball season at Flint Middle School, here, Billy Baggs shows up for his second year of baseball. After pitching a perfect game in Weavers’ last book called striking out, the coach who watched him throw it was impressed enough to want him as a pitcher for a full season. All this happens through the eyes of Abner, Billy’s father, to not play baseball because of his perceived lack of purpose the sport has to his family. This causes Abner to tell his son Billy to give up baseball and continue to work on the farm.The protagonist in this story would have to be Billy Baggs. Baggs is a character that one could determine to be a hard working farm kid maximizes his opportunities. When his father said he couldn’t play and to stay home and work on the farm. He tried to make the most of his situation. With a little help from his mother, he was able to post signs inviting kids to play at a diamond he creates at his farm. He never excludes anyone and always keeps an open mind. Add to this he ri
After all of what you have read, you would have to agree that Billy Baggs is our major character. Even though Billy could not attend school, he still made the most out of where he was. One night while playing at his farm field, the school team approached him. In my mind, this scene resembled the scene in the sandlot with the city team versus the school team. What happens is one boy who plays for the city team makes a remark that their team could beat the school team anytime, anywhere. Obviously, the school team accepts the challenge and plays a game at the farm field. The plot is an exciting one. First the sadness of not being able to play baseball thanks to his dad. But in between the major incidents there are a lot of things that grab your attention. For example, Randy Meyers, a crooked local used-car dealer, has sold Billy's mother, Mavis, a lemon and won't do anything about it when the car breaks down. When the law doesn't help him get satisfaction from Meyers, Abner "solves" the problem himself by using his D-16 Caterpillar to level Meyer's office and to crush the twelve used cars in the lot. Although Meyers claims $20,000 in damages, Judge Langen determines that Abner should pay $6,000 in restitution, plus serve ninety days in jail. . Next, the hope of a good result when Billy and his mother p
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Theme Overcoming,
Judge Langen,
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School Billy,
Abner Billy’s,
Randy Meyers,
Team Weaver,
Anderson Billy,
D-16 Caterpillar,
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signs inviting kids,
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Approximate Word count = 882
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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