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I wrote to Dorian Shaw

• Ms. Shaw played for the Comets, the Chicago Bandits, and Michigan Wolverines.

• She traveled in the U.S.• She started playing tee-ball when she was about 7 years

old.• She has been to Florida, Chicago, and New York.• She went to University of Michigan.• She currently coaches at George Mason University.

All equipment

• You need a baseball bat to play.• You need a baseball mitt to play

too.• You need a baseball too.• You need three bases, a pitcher’s

mound; and a home plate.

• A catcher needs special equipment.

• Batters wear a batting helmet for protection.

• Players wear special shoes called cleats.

How fast is a baseball thrown?

• Baseballs are thrown at about 62 to 70 miler per hour.

• Fastballs are thrown at 95 to 99 miles per hour.• The hitters do not have much time to think and

react when facing the games hardest throwers.

Some facts of baseball

• The pitcher throws the ball.• The batter hits the ball with a

baseball bat.• Some batters can make a home run;

some can’t, but most of them can.• Baseball can be dangerous.•A baseball is hard.

Questions and answers

Questions

• Why do you play baseball?

• When did you start playing baseball?

• Why did you decide to play baseball?

• Where do you play baseball?

Answers

Ms. Shaw plays baseball because she love the challenges.

She started when I was 7 years old.

Because her sister was also playing tee-ball.

I play in the U.S. professional league called “National Pro Fastpitch” or NPF.

All About me

• I am 7 years old. I am in Mrs. Polanski’s class. I love math and science, also I like music.

• I like computers too; but mostly math, exercising, snow boarding, sign language, race cars, and vacations.

• I also like animals and China.

Who helped me?

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Ms.Manne

Ms. Polanski

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