Vocabulary 1
Firm belief in yourself
confidence
A slight fault
weakness
Which means the closest to the word creek?
little stream, heavy flood, light trickle, river
little stream
What does "Wherever the crowds went, the paycheck followed?"
If the game did not have a crowd, the players did not get paid. They did not get a salary like the other league-they were paid only when the seats were filled.
A word that describes Satchel Paige
confident
a pitch thrown at high speed with very little curve
Fastball
a swinging movement of the arms while twisting the body just before pitching the ball
windup
Which is closest in meaning to grumpy?
angry, horrible, unkind, crabby
Why was Satchel Paige told to look at the knees?
to find the player's weakness
What was unusual about the league Satchel played for?
It was a segregated baseball league called the Negro League. Blacks were not allowed to play on the same team as whites. They had longer seasons and rode a bus instead of a train. They were not allowed to eat in restaurants or stay in hotels.
laughing at; making fun of
mocking
another name for a suitcase-what Satchel carried at the train depot
Satchel
Which is closest to dull
worn down, lifeless, lacking color, boring
boring
Who was Cool Papa Bell?
A teammate of Satchel Paige
Satchel
the part of a baseball field beyond the diamond or infield
Lahoma Brown
Satchel's wife
Which is closest in meaning to gigantic
big, vast, enormous, extensive
enormous
Satchel took a year to do this, but returned to baseball because that was his one true love.
Get married and start a family
What was Satchel Paige's birth name?
Leroy
Having no like or equal
Unique
If someone is sure of his/her abilities, that person is considered to have this
confidence
having tears in your eyes, bawling, whimpering softly, sniffling
bawling
Who is Lahoma Brown?
Satchel's wife
What it means when Satch says the words "Someday we'll meet up and see who's best" rang in his ears.