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The Rookie Arrives

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I read the book The Rookie Arrives by Thomas Dygard. I feel this is a great book. Out of the whole book, there weren't any parts that got boring. I liked the book because it was about baseball. Another reason is that I never really got confused. There weren't any words that i didn't know. I understood the book and what was happening.It is a great book for all ages. I gave the book a 4 star rating because of the reasons stated above. I feel this is the best book I've ever read.

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 opportunity to play everyday. His chance to prove himself and earn a spot on the major league roster is now.

The Rookie Arrives By: Thomas J. Dygard. If you're somebody who likes good sport story, this is one for you. It has all the thinks that are good about sports. You have a rookie coming out of high school thinking he is going to be the best and you know how a rookie has a major ego and never turns out to be what he thought. This player, Ted, gets his shot in the majors, but after a couple of months he doesn't think this was the best decision, until... he gets his chance to show himself. There are no dislikes I had for this book. It is a all around good book. This book makes you won't to follow your dreams and try as hard as you can for something you want to do and eventually you will get your shot.

If you think that a rookie in any sport can't do anything that
spectacular than a veteran think again. A rookie from
Genoa High School gets drafted to a major league team call
the Kansas City Royals. When this rookie got drafted he
expects to be playing third base. Instead hes on the bench
watching a veteran play third base.

The fictional book that I read was The Rookie Arrives
by Thomas J. Dygard. The Rookie Arrives was the winning
book by Thomas J. Dygard. Thomas J. Dygard made other
action sports books like Halfback Tough, Outside Shooter,
Point Spread, Quarterback Walk-On, Rebound Caper,
Running Scared, Soccer Duel, Tournament Upstart,
Wilderness Peril, and Winning Kicker.

The main character of this story is Ted Bell. Hes a
rookie third basemen that got called on by the Kansas City
Royals from Genoa High School. Ted a person who is
expected to play third base, doesn't.The veteran Lou Mills
is playing third base. So now the rookie Ted is sitting on
the bench until the All-Star game. The veteran Lou Mills is
the starting third basemen for the American league. On the
veterans first at bat he gets hit on the hand by the baseball.
Now rookie Ted Bell has a chance to show manager Hank
Quincy and his other teammates what he can do.

The setting of the story is in a hotel, on a baseball
field, in New York, Chicago, Kansas City, Milwaukee, and
Toronto. When rookie Ted Bell gets his very first pinch hit
Major League home run off of Buster Krump. Since Lou
Mills was out for a month Ted Bell was the spotlight man
he did amazing fielding and hitting. In Ted Bells fielding
he had only 3 errors and amazing play such as diving plays
and plays stop the from going to left field. Ted Bells
Hitting was amazing 7 singles 4 doubles and 6 home runs.
The biggest thing went wrong Ted Bell got himself in a
slump. He was hitting horrible, than his fielding was bad.
Than one day in a hotel Cal, Boyd, and Bomba told Ted
that were are going the ballpark to stop your slump. After
swing after swing after swing and after game after game
after game Ted finally got out of his slump. Since after his
slump Ted Bell was fielding and hitting better. Than
veteran Lou Mills has returned.

I recommend this book to people who likes action and
sports books. I think that this book was excellent I liked
how the author expresses Teds feelings about things that
come up.

Inconclusion, the return of Lou Mills shocked Ted Bell
and thought that he would not play third base anymore but
the help of relief pitcher Cal Hanley told Ted to wait and
the time will come. The time came when Ted Bell called
Cal and Ted said when will my time come Cal than said it
came veteran Lou Mills is getting traded, Cal said it was
announced by manager Hank Quincy. Ted Bell will now
become the everyday third basemen for the Kansas City
Royals.

Ted Bell is a high school graduate. Baseball is his favorite sport, and this would be his dream career. Soo Ted is signed with the Kansas City Royals. He is begining his new career. But there is one problem Ted is not playing out on the field, someone else is out there replacing him. There are times that he does play, but that doent work for him. Will he be able to Play??

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 Lou is invited to play in the all-star game he is hit by a pitch and becomes disabled for a month. Will Ted strikeout or will he go over the wall and touch'em all?

In this book Mr. Dygard does a great job of making you feel like you are in a rookie baseball players shoes. He instills a sense wonder for the new cities that Ted experiences on the road games, and the awe that he feels the first time he steps into the realm of major league baseball. When I read this book I felt as if I were ready to be the next baseball legend.

The Rookie Arrives is an excellent book because the book tells you that you have to be patient to achieve a goal.This book is about a star baseball player named Ted Bell.Ted Bell is an excellent baseball player and enters his name in the MLB draft.He gets drafted by the Kansas City Royals.He is impatient and wants to play,but little does he know,he just had to be patient.

I got this book from the library, and couldent put it down. It's about high school star third basemen Ted Bell, who is drafted out of high school to play for the Royals. He has to wait to play, though because All-Star third basemen Lou Mills is already a solid basemen. Can he get a chance to show his stuff? Two words:READ THIS!!!!

I enjoyed this book. It is about Ted Bell, drafted to the Kansas City royals from High School, who expects to be playing right away. But at his 3rd Base position, All-Star Lou Mills is having a great season. Mills gets injured in the All-Star game, and Ted has a chance to play, will he get the job, or go back to college in Oklahoma?

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 continue in school to get more experience at an even higher level. The main character, Ted, goes through a lot in this story but his main goal in life is to play in the major leagues, not to play for a big college team. He turns pro against his parents will and with having a lot of colleges wanting him. I would recommend this book to everyone because Dygard explains how many young athletes dream of playing pro and will go through almost anything to get their. I especially recommend this book to the people who have a problem with athletes leaving school early to turn pro and have never had a passion or a love for a game.