Rays Play World Series Game 3 in Rebuilt Home Stadium
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The Tampa Bay Rays play Game 3 of the World Series today.
They play in their home stadium. Two years ago, a big hurricane hit this stadium.
The hurricane was very bad. It broke the roof of the stadium. The roof flew away.
The damage was very big. People worked hard to fix the stadium.
Now the stadium is ready again. The Rays' manager wants to say thank you.
He wants to show respect to all the people who fixed the stadium.
The Rays play against the Milwaukee Brewers. The Brewers' manager wants his team to stay calm.
He said the players must block out noise and focus on the game.
One Brewers pitcher played with the Rays last year. He will pitch in this game.
He said he wants to control his feelings during the game.
Vocabulary7 words
- World Series
- the biggest baseball championship in the USA
- stadium
- a big place where sports games happen
- hurricane
- a very strong storm with wind and rain
- roof
- the top part of a building
- manager
- the person who leads a sports team
- respect
- a good feeling for someone because of their work
- pitcher
- a baseball player who throws the ball
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Answer key
1. A hurricane 2. The roof 3. True
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The Tampa Bay Rays play Game 3 of the _____ today.
They play in their home _____. Two years ago, a big _____ hit this stadium.
The hurricane was very bad. It broke the _____ of the stadium. The roof flew away.
The damage was very big. People worked hard to fix the stadium.
Now the stadium is ready again. The Rays' _____ wants to say thank you.
He wants to show _____ to all the people who fixed the stadium.
The Rays play against the Milwaukee Brewers. The Brewers' manager wants his team to stay calm.
One Brewers _____ played with the Rays last year. He will pitch in this game.
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