LA Newspaper Says Dodgers' Big Signings Have Not Paid Off
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The Los Angeles Dodgers is a baseball team. The team paid a lot of money for two players. The money was about 49.1 billion yen. A local newspaper in Los Angeles says the money was wasted.
The two players are Tucker and Diaz. The newspaper says both players did not play well. It calls the two signings a failure.
One player, Tucker, did not get a hit for eight games. Fans and reporters were worried. Then he finally got a hit. The team's manager, Dave Roberts, was very happy. He made a fist to show his joy.
Before this, many people thought Tucker was one of the best players. Now, some people do not trust him as much. His form changed a lot in just six months.
Vocabulary15 words
- wasted
- used badly; with no good result
- signings
- when a team pays a player to join it
- manager
- the person who leads a sports team
- hit
- when a baseball player hits the ball well
- form
- how well a player is playing now
- local newspaper
- a newspaper from one city or area
- fist
- a closed hand, used to show strong feeling
- trust
- belief that someone is good or reliable
- billion
- a very big number: 1,000,000,000
- team
- a group of players who play together
- failure
- when something does not work
- reporters
- people who write news stories
- worried
- feeling not calm because of a problem
- changed
- became different
- joy
- a feeling of great happiness
Quiz
Answer key
1. The Los Angeles Dodgers 2. They were a failure 3. True