{"id":6218,"date":"2014-07-08T01:51:56","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T06:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asuen.wordpress.com\/?p=6218"},"modified":"2014-07-08T01:51:56","modified_gmt":"2014-07-08T06:51:56","slug":"mr-strike-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/08\/mr-strike-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr Strike Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/518WM3WESNL._SS500_.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asuen.com\/books\/?p=mr-strike-out\">Mr. Strike Out<\/a> by Anastasia Suen (writing as<a href=\"http:\/\/www.asuen.com\/books\/?p=who-is-jake-maddox\"> Jake Maddox<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>A baseball novel<\/p>\n<p>David Gray is notorious in his baseball league, notorious for striking out, both as a pitcher and a batter. He spends so much time practicing his pitching, he has never honed his batting skills. After learning about the great Babe Ruth, David becomes determined to be a better all-around player, which means he&#8217;ll have to learn how to bat. With some help from a teammate, David hopes to never hear the words &#8220;Mr. Strike Out&#8221; again.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Copyright:<\/strong> 2007<\/li>\n<li><strong>Guided Reading level:<\/strong> J<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lexile Level:<\/strong> 380L<\/li>\n<li><strong>ATOS Level:<\/strong> 2.7<\/li>\n<li><strong>AR Quiz Number:<\/strong> 109968<\/li>\n<li><strong>Library Binding \/ Paperback:<\/strong> 72 pages<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Stone Arch Books<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Book Activities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Play <a href=\"http:\/\/www.funbrain.com\/math\/\" target=\"_blank\">Math Baseball<\/a> (If your answer is correct, you will get a hit!)<\/p>\n<p>Explore the <a href=\"http:\/\/exploratorium.edu\/baseball\/\" target=\"_blank\">Science of Baseball<\/a>. Test your <a href=\"http:\/\/exploratorium.edu\/baseball\/reactiontime.html\">baseball reaction time<\/a>, learn how to <a href=\"http:\/\/exploratorium.edu\/baseball\/curve.html\">throw a curveball <\/a>and how to<a href=\"http:\/\/exploratorium.edu\/baseball\/sweetspot.html\"> find the &#8220;sweet spot&#8221;<\/a> on a bat.<\/p>\n<p>At <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theteacherscorner.net\/seasonal\/baseball\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Teachers Corner<\/a>, you can print baseball<strong> journal pages<\/strong>, and create your own baseball <strong>crossword<\/strong>, <strong>word search<\/strong> or <strong>word scramble<\/strong> pages.<\/p>\n<p>Find out what happened <a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayinbaseballhistory.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Today in Baseball History<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><!-- Copyright (c)2006 Site Meter -->Copyright \u00a9 2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/asuen.com\" target=\"_blank\">Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<br \/>\n<!-- Site Meter --><a href=\"http:\/\/s31.sitemeter.com\/stats.asp?site=s31asuen\" target=\"_top\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s31.sitemeter.com\/meter.asp?site=s31asuen\" alt=\"Site Meter\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr. Strike Out by Anastasia Suen (writing as Jake Maddox) A baseball novel David Gray is notorious in his baseball league, notorious for striking out, both as a pitcher and a batter. He spends so much time practicing his pitching, he has never honed his batting skills. 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