The Rookie Arrives
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (990 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0833533223 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 197 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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For Baseball Fans A Customer In the book The Rookie Arrives the main character (Ted Bell) is a cocky, self-centered 19 year old that has just graduated from Genoa High School in Oklahoma. On the baseball diamond he is a star third baseman and at the plate, really crushes the ball. When he receives word that he has been drafted by the Kansas City Royals, he thinks that he will automatically get the starting job at third base with out being tested first. He is wrong. The Royals already have an all-star third baseman (Lou Mills) that is solid in the field as well as the plate. But when L. A Rookie Arrives In the book The Rookie Arrives by Thomas Dygard, Ted Bell is a high school all American superstar baseball player. He gets drafted by the Kansas City Royals right out of high school. The story tells about how hard it is for athletes turning pro right out of high school. It goes through how hard it really is to be in the major leagues. Dygard does a good job telling the life of an athlete that is very talented. He also explains the harsh side of being a professional and never getting a chance to play. Dygard's message is that a lot of athletes should contin. A Customer said A great book for baseball fans. The Rookie Arrives is one of the best baseball books I've ever read. I would only recommend this book to "die-hard" baseball fans. The Rookie Arrives is about a rookie (Ted Bell) who is drafted out of High-school by the Kansas City Royals. He is brought to the team under the impression that he's going to be an everyday player. He gets upset because he finds out that Lou Mills, the Royals everyday third-baseman is going to play everday and Ted won't even get a chance to prove himself. At the All-star game, Lou Mills gets injured and this gives Ted Bell the
Cocky Ted Bell moves from being star of his high school baseball team directly into playing in the major leagues and finds that he has a lot to learn before becoming the world's greatest third baseman.
Unsworth, Scarsdale Junior High School, N.Y.Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. He is good, but he's too cocky. If his latest is not among his better efforts, it still makes for fun reading. Robert E. From School Library Journal Grade 5-9 Dygard continues to turn out pure sport novels in the tradition of John R. It's unlikely that a rookie would go di rectly into the majors from high school today, but readers can give Dygard the benefit of the doubt since he does such a fine job of describing the innings-and- outs of big time baseball. Ted is brought down a few notches by the last page, although he does prove that he has the stuff to be come a hall-of-famer himself some day. Ted Bell, th