A Big Day for Baseball by Mary Pope Osborne

Author:Mary Pope Osborne
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2017-08-01T04:00:00+00:00

To his surprise, Jack saw that the hecklers weren’t yelling at him—or even looking at him.

“Don’t let him bat!” someone shouted.

“Throw him out!” said another.

They were shouting at the Dodgers player who was up at bat. Many in the stands were cheering for him. But these few were yelling really mean things.

Why? Jack looked around. The batter was the black player he’d seen earlier. He seemed to be the only black player in the game. Is that why these people are yelling? Jack wondered.

The batter hit a ground ball to third base.

The third baseman grabbed it. He threw it to first.

“Out!” the umpire shouted.

“That’s right! Throw him out!” a woman shrieked.

Jack was stunned. He didn’t understand. The player ignored the jeers and walked calmly back to the dugout. He held his head high.

Jack wished he could go talk to the player. He wanted to say something kind and supportive.

Suddenly a new batter hit a ground ball to left field. It was outside the line.

“Foul!” the umpire shouted.

Jack ran to get the ball.

At the same time, a kid jumped over the wall of the stands. The kid ran to get the foul ball, too.

Jack got there first. But as he bent down to grab the ball, the wind blew his cap off. The other boy snatched Jack’s cap from the grass and took off!

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