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This is Fenway park one if the most well known and popular stadium in the league

Take me at to the ball park By:Jake Ricker $11.50 February 28, 2014

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BASEBALL Febuary 2014

These are some of the most popular and most decorated ballparks not just in the league, but in the history of baseball!

Fenway Ballpark, Boston, MA

Ballparks: some of the most popular baseball stadiums are.Yankee Stadium,Fenway park and wrigley feild

Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY

Wrigley Field, Chicago IL

This article includes information about some of the most popular stadiums, the things that go on inside the clubhouses and a brief summary of the baseball hall of fame.

Yankee: Yankee Stadium, the most decorated stadium in the country is located in South Bronx, New York and it is the home to the New York Yankees. It opened April Second, 2009 and the capacity holds 52,191.

Wrigley: Wrigley Field, the most popular

Fenway:Fenway Park is located near

baseball stadium in the midwest is in located in

Kenmore square, Boston Massachusetts is the home field for the Red Sox and has been since April twentieth, 1912.The capacity is 37,400

Chicago, Illinois. It it the home field for the Cubs and has been since 1916,Although it opened in 1914, the capacity is 41, 159

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INSIDE THE CLUBHOUSE

Inside the clubhouse coaches,mangers and players all relax and have some fun before the games

THE HALL OF FAME 1936 Induction Class: In Baseball’s first Hall of Fame class, Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson,Christy Mathewson, Honus Wagner, andBabe Ruth were inducted as five of the finest players of the era controlling the election ballots in 1936.

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Lexicon Organizer Jake Ricker Word & Page #

Part of Speech (noun, verb, adj)

Definition

Sentence from book

the announcer said please rise and remove your hats...

Relevance or importance to topic.

Announcer-­71

noun

a person who announces something, in particular someone who introduces or gives information about programs on radio or television.

Ballpark-­37

noun

a baseball on the morning of the its the field they stadium or field. game the men like to arrive play on • informal a early at the ballpark particular area or range: we can make a pretty good guess that this figure's in the ballpark.

Batboy-­33

noun a boy who is

The Red Sox hire two BatBoys,one for

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he says what's going on in the game

They are technically a part

Use the word in a new sentence. (your own!) the announcer stated all the player stats

Fenway is my favorite ballpark!

The batboy picked up the bat after the player

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BP-­21

noun

employed to themselves and one for the of the team even look after and visiting team when there though they don't retrieve bats regular one isn't with them play during a baseball game and as a general assistant at other times.

hit a homerun

the action of hitting with or using a bat, especially in cricket or baseball.

• a cricket team's batsmen collectively.1 the actual application or use of an idea, belief, or method as opposed to theories about such application or use: the principles and practice of teaching | he put his self-­defense training into

the coach said alright everyone get out there to take batting practice

he takes down the rubber mound for the pitcher so he can throw batting practice

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its the team practicing

Lexicon Organizer Jake Ricker practice by helping police arrest the armed robber

Clubhouse-­26

noun

a building having a bar and other facilities for the members of a club.

• a building or part of a building used by a sports team, esp. a baseball team, as a locker room.

Inside the clubhouse,Fenway Parks visiting-­team equipment manager unpacks the the bags and hangs the uniforms in its assigned locker.

The clubhouse has a locker room and places where managers and players can eat and relax.

The players met in the clubhouse before the took the field.

(Coach) manager-­27

noun

• a person in charge of the activities, tactics, and training of a sports team: Frank Robinson became baseball's first black manager.

He hangs the Managers uniform in the visiting-­team's Managers office

The Manager is the Coach of the team

The Manager called the player into his office to tell him hes not playing tonight.

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Lexicon Organizer Jake Ricke GM-­36

Grounds crew-­50

Proper noun

noun

A general manager is a business executive who usually oversees a unit or firm's marketing and sales functions, as well as the day-­to-­day business operations.

Mr.Sullivan,the red sox general manager

Groundskeepi while the team is getting ng is the activity ready,the grounds crew... of tending an area of land for aesthetic or functional purposes;; typically in an institutional setting. It includes mowing grass, trimming hedges, pulling weeds, planting flowers, etc. The U.S. Department of

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he's the manager of the team

the manager called the player into his office to let him know hes been cut

they keep the field the way it should be

after the game the grounds crew swept the field

Lexicon Organizer Jake Ricker Labor estimated that more than 900,000 workers are employed in the landscape and groundskeeping services industry in the United States in 2006. Of these over 300,000 workers were groundskeepers for golf courses, school Fenway park-­35

Proper noun

(the Fenway) a She has been the Its the name of the I cant wait for the park system that receptionist and operator at stadium game! incorporates the Fenway for thirty five years wetlands in Boston, Massachusetts.

Nearby is Fenway Park, the baseball stadium of the Boston Red Sox.

Locker room-­28

noun

a room containing

all major league teams have locker rooms

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its were the teams get ready

Lexicon Organizer Jake Ricker lockers for the storage of personal belongings, esp. in schools or gymnasiums.

Star spangled banner-­71

adjective

literary please rise and remove covered, your hats for the star glittering, or spangled banner decorated with stars: the star-­spangled horizon.

• glitteringly successful: a star-­spangled career.

• used humorously with reference to the US national flag and a perceived American identity: star-­spangled decency.

it represents the country

before every game they play the star spangled banner

Usher-­38

noun

1 a person who the ushers,who will keep shows people to help find people find their their seats, esp. seats

they help people find seats

the woman walked up to the usher and asked where her seat was

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Lexicon Organizer Jake Ricker in a theater or at a wedding.

• an official in a court whose duties include swearing in jurors and witnesses and keeping order.

• Brit.a person employed to walk before a person of high rank on special occasions.

Umpire-­33

noun

(in some sports) the batboys must keep the an official who umpires supplied with balls watches a game or match closely to enforce the rules and arbitrate on matters arising from the play.

• a person chosen to arbitrate between contending parties.

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they make sure The umpire calls strike the game is played three on the batter to correctly and finish the inning makes important calls

Lexicon Organizer Jake Rick another or others: a uniform package of amenities at a choice of hotels.

(Athletic) Trainer-­43

noun

a person who trains people or animals.

• informal an aircraft or simulator used to train pilots.

2 a person whose job is to provide medical assistance to athletes.

3 Brit.a soft sports shoe suitable for casual wear.

mike the athletic trainer went into the clubhouse...

Baseball reporters-­54

noun

a person who all the reporters waited for reports, esp. the players to come out... one employed to report news or conduct interviews for newspapers or

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he makes sure people get their medical requirements

the trainer taped the players ankles

they ask the players questions

the reporter asked when the player would return

Lexicon Organizer Jake Ricke broadcasts.

Press Box-­65

noun

an area reserved for journalists at a sports event.

all of the journalist sat in the press box...

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they analyze players

the journalist took notes on the players

Bibliography

En.wikipedia.org. "National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia." N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Feb. 2014.

Jaspersohn, William. The Ballpark. Boston: Little, Brown, 1980. Print.

Images http://positivetribe.blogspot.com/ 2012/07/i-visit-wrigley-field-andthen-watch.html picture of baseball lockerroom

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