BiographybyKimGriswellbyKimGriswAgainstAgainsttheOddstheOddsPAIREDREADTalkwiththeGloveSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:(t)ImageSource/GettyImages,(b)OttoGreuleJr/Stringer/GettyImages**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:2,543**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:978-0-02-119265-6MHID:0-02-119265-0PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110byKimGriswellAgainstAgainsttheOddstheOddsPAIREDREADChapter1AWaytoPlay................................2Chapter2AgainsttheOdds.............................5Chapter3IntotheMajors................................9Chapter4ThePublicStage.............................12RespondtoReading.........................15TalkWiththeGlove................16Glossary/Index..............................19FocusonScience....................20EssentialQuestionHowdopeoplemeetpersonalchallenges?ImageSource/GettyImagesManyyoungchildrenstillaspiretoplayinLittleLeaguegames.CHAPTER1AWaytoPlayAWaytoPlayllDigitalVision/Punchstock/GettyImagesJimAbbottgrewupinFlint,Michigan,about50milesnorthofDetroit.Bornin1967,Jimalreadyknewhewantedtoplaybaseballbytheageoffive.Butwhentheneighborhoodkidswerestartingagame,theydidn’taskhimtoplay.WhenJimranhometohisparents,theyweresympathetic,butfirm.MikeandKathyAbbottknewthatiftheirsonwantedtoliveuptohispotential,hehadtobebrave.Jimhadbeenbornwithoutarighthand.Jim’spar...
