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9780062001757 0062001752 Fancy Nancy is excited about spelling in this fun new I Can Read! Full color.32 pp., My purpose in writing this book is to explain how watching professional sports has taught me lessons in ways I could not have understood otherwise. My sports enthusiasm took off on Sunday mornings in the autumn of the early 1970s. That was football day. There would be a game on at 10:00 AM (Pacific Time) and another one on at 1:00 PM. Then, to soften the blow of having to go to school the next day, there would be a game on Monday night. After the Super Bowl in January, I would go into a sports withdrawal until baseball season in April. This era of professional football and baseball represented the peak of what the sports have to offer. What made these games great is exactly what is missing from today's National Football League and Major League Baseball: A classic rivalry that fans could follow. Players rarely changed teams because there was no free agency then in either sport and trades did not happen too often. As a result, one could identify the best teams easily because they kept the same players and because they consistently made the playoffs. Anyone wanting to challenge the best teams had to earn their way to the playoffs. A focus on the game instead of hype. There was no ESPN or sports radio then. Now many fans get tired of all of the pre-game shows and just want to see the game. It was all about the teams rather than the players. Back then, I participated in a pool in which we chose the team winners of the games. Now fans follow fantasy sports players and care more about individual performance than what should matter most, team performances. Fans who watched the Pittsburgh Steelers play the Oakland Raiders or the New York Yankees play the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1970s knew they were watching two heavyweights go at it and that they would get their money (or time)'s worth. We are still waiting for another epic rivalry and may never get it thanks to team expansion, free agency and the focus on individual performances which have detracted from the competitive team sports that football and baseball really are. I knew the history of these teams throughout the 1970s. My Raiders kept on finishing as the runners-up in the American Football Conference. My Dodgers kept on losing the World Series to the Oakland A's and the New York Yankees. From reading, watching games and catching clips of old games on commercials like Alcoa's "Fantastic Finishes," I knew about big games involving the Raiders and Dodgers. These games and certain memorable plays in particular will be the focus of this book as it is through them that I learned lessons about life... The Raiders failed to make the playoffs in 1978 and 1979 and then traded quarterback and leader Ken Stabler to the Houston Oilers. Other stars, like Jack Tatum, Dave Casper, Phil Villapiano and Fred Biletnikoff, the heart of the team I loved, left the team around this time as well. Though the Raiders won the Super Bowl again for the 1980 and 1983 seasons, it was not the same. The feeling of excitement in watching the NFL had gone and would never return. As for the Dodgers, they went through a mediocre season in 1979, barely missed the playoffs in 1980 and finally won the World Series over the hated Yankees in 1981. I learned ultimately that winning was sweet, but that I learned more from losses. All of these games and my thoughts about them became a part of my own folklore. A folklore where my team's triumphs, tragedies and tough luck became interwoven with my own., Where spelling is concerned, Nancy is better than great she's splendid But when Ms. Glass's spelling test is harder than Nancy anticipated, the self-professed spelling prodigy faces a tough decision.", Where spelling is concerned, Nancy is better than great'"she's splendid! But when Ms. Glass's spelling test is harder than Nancy anticipated, the self-professed spelling prodigy faces a tough decision., Where spelling is concerned, Nancy is better than great'e"she's splendid! But when Ms. Glass's spelling test is harder than Nancy anticipated, the self-professed spelling prodigy faces a tough decision., Where spelling is concerned, Nancy is better than great--she's splendid! But when Ms. Glass's spelling test is harder than Nancy anticipated, the self-professed spelling prodigy faces a tough decision., Where spelling is concerned, Nancy is better than great-she's splendid! But when Ms. Glass's spelling test is harder than Nancy anticipated, the self-professed spelling prodigy faces a tough decision.
9780062001757 0062001752 Fancy Nancy is excited about spelling in this fun new I Can Read! Full color.32 pp., My purpose in writing this book is to explain how watching professional sports has taught me lessons in ways I could not have understood otherwise. My sports enthusiasm took off on Sunday mornings in the autumn of the early 1970s. That was football day. There would be a game on at 10:00 AM (Pacific Time) and another one on at 1:00 PM. Then, to soften the blow of having to go to school the next day, there would be a game on Monday night. After the Super Bowl in January, I would go into a sports withdrawal until baseball season in April. This era of professional football and baseball represented the peak of what the sports have to offer. What made these games great is exactly what is missing from today's National Football League and Major League Baseball: A classic rivalry that fans could follow. Players rarely changed teams because there was no free agency then in either sport and trades did not happen too often. As a result, one could identify the best teams easily because they kept the same players and because they consistently made the playoffs. Anyone wanting to challenge the best teams had to earn their way to the playoffs. A focus on the game instead of hype. There was no ESPN or sports radio then. Now many fans get tired of all of the pre-game shows and just want to see the game. It was all about the teams rather than the players. Back then, I participated in a pool in which we chose the team winners of the games. Now fans follow fantasy sports players and care more about individual performance than what should matter most, team performances. Fans who watched the Pittsburgh Steelers play the Oakland Raiders or the New York Yankees play the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1970s knew they were watching two heavyweights go at it and that they would get their money (or time)'s worth. We are still waiting for another epic rivalry and may never get it thanks to team expansion, free agency and the focus on individual performances which have detracted from the competitive team sports that football and baseball really are. I knew the history of these teams throughout the 1970s. My Raiders kept on finishing as the runners-up in the American Football Conference. My Dodgers kept on losing the World Series to the Oakland A's and the New York Yankees. From reading, watching games and catching clips of old games on commercials like Alcoa's "Fantastic Finishes," I knew about big games involving the Raiders and Dodgers. These games and certain memorable plays in particular will be the focus of this book as it is through them that I learned lessons about life... The Raiders failed to make the playoffs in 1978 and 1979 and then traded quarterback and leader Ken Stabler to the Houston Oilers. Other stars, like Jack Tatum, Dave Casper, Phil Villapiano and Fred Biletnikoff, the heart of the team I loved, left the team around this time as well. Though the Raiders won the Super Bowl again for the 1980 and 1983 seasons, it was not the same. The feeling of excitement in watching the NFL had gone and would never return. As for the Dodgers, they went through a mediocre season in 1979, barely missed the playoffs in 1980 and finally won the World Series over the hated Yankees in 1981. I learned ultimately that winning was sweet, but that I learned more from losses. All of these games and my thoughts about them became a part of my own folklore. A folklore where my team's triumphs, tragedies and tough luck became interwoven with my own., Where spelling is concerned, Nancy is better than great she's splendid But when Ms. Glass's spelling test is harder than Nancy anticipated, the self-professed spelling prodigy faces a tough decision.", Where spelling is concerned, Nancy is better than great'"she's splendid! But when Ms. Glass's spelling test is harder than Nancy anticipated, the self-professed spelling prodigy faces a tough decision., Where spelling is concerned, Nancy is better than great'e"she's splendid! But when Ms. Glass's spelling test is harder than Nancy anticipated, the self-professed spelling prodigy faces a tough decision., Where spelling is concerned, Nancy is better than great--she's splendid! But when Ms. Glass's spelling test is harder than Nancy anticipated, the self-professed spelling prodigy faces a tough decision., Where spelling is concerned, Nancy is better than great-she's splendid! But when Ms. Glass's spelling test is harder than Nancy anticipated, the self-professed spelling prodigy faces a tough decision.