Sport+writing

Sports Writing ** Tinker to Evers to Chance ** -Students will analyze information and statistics about three Chicago Cubs players; Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers and Frank Chance. -Students will write a newspaper article depicting the legendary double play specialists and their induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. -Students will calculate batting percentages in order to provide statistical data for their article. Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers, and Frank Chance, Chicago Cubs infielders in the early 1900’s, were part of the most infamous double-play combination in all of baseball. Their consistently solid defense and batting led the Chicago Cubs to four National League pennants (1906-8, 1910) and two World Series wins (1907-8). The National Baseball Hall of Fame inducted all three players simultaneously in 1946. Using information and statistics provided about the three players students will write a sports article as if they were working for the Chicago Tribune in 1946. The year the three of them were simultaneously inducted into the Hall of Fame. -provide Tinker to Ever to Chance information sheets that provide vital information in the creation of the newspaper article -outline parameters and expectations for the article: 150 words, must use statistical information in relation to their story, must depict uniqueness for Hall of Fame induction etc. -have the students write down the facts to be included in the article -Have the students write a poem depicting a famous moment in baseball history. -Conduct an interview with a baseball player, and write and article about the player and the unique event.
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 * Time: ** 3 class periods
 * Materials ** : Tinker to Ever to Chance Information Sheets, Writing Materials
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