1. Teammates
by Peter Golenbock 1

2. Vocabulary Words exist extraordinary apathetic intimidate experiment
humiliations 2

3. exist There were two wonderful baseball leagues that no longer exist.
Grizzly and polar bears exist in North America. 3

4. exist: to be around 4

5. extraordinary
The Negro Leagues had extraordinary players, and adoring fans came to see them wherever they played.
An extraordinary event took place when a man walked on the moon. 5

6. extraordinary: remarkable; very special6

7. apathetic And many people were apathetic about racial problems.
The students were apathetic about their homework. They didn’t even bother to check the answers to their math problems. 7

8. apathetic: not interested; does not care8

9. intimidate
He would have to possess the self-control not to fight back when opposing players tried to intimidate or
hurt him.
Tests intimidate, or scare, some students. 9

10. intimidate: to make someone feel bad by hurting their feelings10

11. experiment
Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson were starting what would be known in history as “the great experiment.”
We left the bread crumbs in the snow as an experiment to see if the wild birds would eat them. 11

12. experiment: a test used to discover something12

13. humiliations
Initially, life with the Dodgers was for Jackie a series of humiliations.
Walking around with my shirt on the wrong side was only one of my many humiliations today. 13

14. humiliations: things that cause someone to be embarrased14