Title: Farm Team Author: Will Weaver Pages: 400 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 ... his collection of no-name baseball talents he assembles at his farm field. Also Coach Anderson, who Billy left out in the cold to put it in harsh terms, is very stubborn and tries to hold him back once he learns of the team he made. Against my personal will, I will list Billy Baggs" father because even though they were blood ... kids to come out and play at their field. Then the...

• Word Count: 882
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... His arm was so strong that he once pitched a ball that broke his catcher's arm ("Joe Jackson"). In 1906, Joe was being recruited by a semiprofessional baseball team, the Greenville Near-Leaguers. While playing for them he continued to work at the Brandon Mill to help support his parents ("Joe Jackson"). In ... games (Eight Men Out). The eight players suspected were Eddie Cicotte, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, Oscar "HAP" Felsch, Charles "Swede" Resberg, George "Buck" Weaver, Arnold Gandil, Claude Williams and Fed McMullin. All eight players were found guilty and banned from baseball for life ...

• Word Count: 3759
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School