subway series
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Chapters
The Tickets . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
The Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
The Ride Home . . . . . . . . 14
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“Kevin! Andy!” called Mrs. Brown from the
living room.“Come in here, please.
”
“Uh-oh,” Kevin said. “What did you do this
time?”
“Me?” asked Andy. “You’re the one who’s
always getting in trouble, hanging out with
those losers on your team you call your friends.”
“Well,” Kevin answered calmly, “at least one
of us has friends.”
“BOYS!” their mother called impatiently.
“Hurry up!”
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Kevin and Andy walked into the living room.Their parents both had big smiles on their faces.
“You’ll never guess what happened at work
today,” said Mrs. Brown. “Mr. McAuliffe was
sent out of town on an unexpected business
trip. Just before he left, he dropped an envelopeon my desk. I was so busy that I barely glanced
at it until later.”
“What was in the envelope?” asked Andy.
“Oh, nothing much,” Mrs. Brown answered
slyly. “Just four tickets to Game 2 of the WorldSeries.”
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“Game 2!” said Kevin, who had longed to
go to a World Series game for years. “That’s
tonight!”
“Of course it’s tonight, dear,” Mrs. Brown
said. “We have to leave in an hour if we’re
going to make it to Yankee Stadium on time.”
“How are we going?” asked Andy.
“By subway, of course,” said Mr. Brown.
“That’s why they call it the Subway Series.”
“Only an hour?” asked Kevin, running to
the telephone. “Who am I going to invite, T.J.
or Bobby? I guess T.J. because. . . .” He picked
up the telephone receiver.
“Neither one,” Mrs. Brown interrupted. “We
only have four tickets. Remember?”
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“Yeah,” Kevin said. “You, Dad, me, and T.J.
Or should I ask Bobby to go instead?”
“You’re not listening to your mother,” Mr.
Brown said. “The fourth ticket is for your
brother.”
“Andy doesn’t even like baseball!” protested
Kevin. “T.J. and Bobby are my teammates—I
have to invite one of them.”
“Forget it,” said Mrs. Brown. “It’s already
settled. Your brother is coming, and that’s
that.”
“But Mom!”
“But nothing, Kevin. Now, you’d better get a
move on. We’re leaving this apartment in no
time.”
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Kevin couldn’t believe it. He was finally at
a World Series game, and he was stuck with
his nine-year-old brother. What had he done
to deserve this?
“Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention, please?” boomed the announcer.
“Please stand for our national anthem.”
The Browns, along with everyone else in
the crowded stadium, stood to sing “The
Star-Spangled Banner.”
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“I can never remember when this song was
written,” Mr. Brown asked his wife.
“Francis Scott Key wrote it in 1812,” said Kevin.
“In 1812?” asked Mrs. Brown. “Are you sure
about that?”
“Sure, I’m sure,” Kevin told her. “It was written
during the War of 1812.”
“I’m pretty sure it was 1814, Mom,” said
Andy. “Key wrote the song during the Battle of
Baltimore. That battle happened in 1814, but
it was part of the War of 1812.”
He’s right, Kevin thought to himself.
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Kevin’s voice cracked as he tried to sing
“and the rockets’ red glare.” When the song
was over, he heard his mother gasp.
“What is that?” cried Mr. Brown, pointing to
a bird flying overhead.“I don’t know, honey,” whispered Mrs.
Brown. “It looks like some kind of eagle.”
“Wow!” shouted Kevin. “What’s an eagle
doing at the World Series?”
“It’s Challenger,” Andy told his brother and
his parents. “He’s an American bald eagle.”
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“How do you know his name, sweetie?”
asked Mrs. Brown.
“He’s famous,” said Andy, as Challenger
soared over the crowd. “He fell out of his nest
more than ten years ago. He was just a baby.
People took care of him for a long time. After
that, he couldn’t live by himself in the wild.”
“What’s he doing here?” asked Kevin.
“He appears at different events,” Andy said.
“He’s here to show us that the bald eagle is no
longer endangered. Our national bird has
made a comeback.”
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Kevin thought he was dreaming. He knew
more about everything than Andy did. That
had always been a comfort to him. Now his
little brother was suddenly an expert on the
national anthem and the bald eagle? What
was going on?
THWACK! The crack of the bat jerked Kevinout of his daydream. His beloved Yankees
were playing . . . against the Mets . . . in the
second game of the World Series!
The second game of the Subway Series!
Kevin thought to himself. And I’m here to
see it!
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The Yankees scored three runs in the first
two innings. Neither team scored during the
next few innings. Then, in the bottom of the
fifth inning, Kevin’s favorite Yankee, Paul
O’Neill, hit a single, allowing the Yankees to
score again. Kevin jumped up and down.
Even Andy was jumping. The excitement was
contagious.
After every play, Andy spouted some new
fact. Kevin couldn’t believe how much Andy
knew about baseball. Maybe his little brother
wasn’t so bad after all.
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It was the bottom of the seventh inning.
Kevin’s favorite player was up at bat again.
Ball one. Then he hit a foul ball high up into
the stands. The ball was headed straight for
Andy, who was ready to catch it.
At the last second, Kevin reached up and
snatched the ball with his mitt. A perfect
catch. People cheered, and several adults
sitting behind Kevin congratulated him. Andy
said nothing.
Just when it looked like the evening
couldn’t get any better, the Yankees scored
another run in the bottom of the eighth.
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But the game was far from over. In the top
of the ninth inning, the Mets came back.They scored five runs! All of a sudden, the
Yankees were ahead by only one run!
Finally, Yankee pitcher Jeff Nelson struck
out Mets’ hitter Kurt Abbott to end the game.
The game had been more exciting than theboys could have ever hoped.
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“Great game! Right, guys?” Mr. Brown said
on the way home.“How about thanking your
mother for bringing us?”
“Thanks, Mom!” shouted Kevin. “That was
the best game in the history of baseball!”
“Yeah, thanks, Mom,” Andy added quietly.
“Hey, Andy,” Mr. Brown said. “If theYankees win this one, how many World Series
championships will they have won in a row?”
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“I don’t know,” said Andy. “It doesn’t matter
that much anyway.”
“Of course you know,” said Kevin. “You
know everything about the Yankees . . . and
the Mets . . . and baseball . . . and the
national anthem!”
“Well, if you really must know, this would
make three championships in a row,” Andy
said as he glanced at his brother out of the
corner of his eye. “And you forgot bald
eagles.” His whole family started laughing.
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“Hey,” Kevin said to Andy as he handed
his little brother his prized foul ball. “I think
this belongs to you.”
“Really?” asked Andy. “Wow! Thanks!”
“I must need a new prescription for my
glasses,” Mrs. Brown whispered to Kevin. “I
thought I just saw you do something nice for
your younger brother.”
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1 What parts of the story do the three
chapters tell about?2 What prefix and suffix does the word
impatiently contain?3 What lesson about siblings does this story
teach?4 How do you know that Kevin cared for his
brother after all?5 How does Kevin’s attitude toward Andy
change as the story progresses?6 If you were Andy, how might you have felt
at the beginning of the story? How might
your feelings have changed at the end?
School-Home Connection Play a trivia game
to find out what each family member knows.
Take turns making up questions for everyone
else to answer.
Report Work with a group to find out why bald
eagles were considered an endangered species
and how people helped to save them.
Think and Respond