PAIREDREADXxxxXxxBiographybyKimGriswellPRbyKimGriswPARPAIREDREADTalkwiththeGloveAgainstAgainsttheOddstheOddsSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:(t)ImageSource/GettyImages,(b)OttoGreuleJr/Stringer/GettyImages**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:1,724**ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:Author’sPointofViewVocabularyStrategyIdiomsVocabularyassess,compensate,deteriorated,devastating,implement,peripheral,potential,summitContentStandardsScienceLifeScienceCopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118635-8MHID:0-02-118635-9PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1AWaytoPlay...............................2Chapter2AgainsttheOdds............................5Chapter3IntotheMajors..............................9Chapter4ThePublicStage............................12RespondtoReading........................15TalkwiththeGlove...............16Glossary/Index..............................19FocusonScience..................20EssentialQuestionHowdopeoplemeetpersonalchallenges?byKimGriswellAgainstAgainsttheOddstheOddsImageSource/GettyImagesPlayinginLittleLeaguegamesissomethingthatmanyyoungchildrenlookforwardtodoing.CHAPTER1AWaytoPlayAWaytoPlay.DigitalVision/Punchstock/GettyImagesJimAbbottwasbornin1967andgrewupinFlint,Michigan.Whenhewasfive,Jimalreadyknewhewantedtoplaybaseball.Hewantedtobepickedwhentheneighborhoodkidswerechoosingteams.Buthewasn’t.Jimranhomecryingthefirsttimethathappened.Hisparentswerekind,butfirm.TheyknewthatJimhadtobebravetoliveuptohispotential.JimAbbottwasbornwithoutarighthand.Jim’sp...
