Yankees' Cody Bellinger Returns After Hamstring Injury
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Cody Bellinger plays baseball for the New York Yankees. He hurt his hamstring. A hamstring is a muscle in the leg. He could not play for 25 games.
Now Bellinger is back. He will play on Sunday. The Yankees will play against the Toronto Blue Jays. Bellinger said he is 'ready to go.'
The Yankees have another player named Spencer Jones. He plays in the minor leagues. The minor leagues are a lower level of baseball. Some people think the Yankees may send Jones back to the minor leagues now that Bellinger is back.
Vocabulary7 words
- hamstring
- a muscle at the back of the leg
- strain
- a small injury to a muscle
- activated
- allowed to play again after being hurt
- injured list
- a list of players who cannot play because they are hurt
- outfielder
- a baseball player who plays far from home base
- minor leagues
- a lower level of baseball, below the big teams
- ready to go
- prepared to start doing something
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1. His hamstring 2. 25 3. The Toronto Blue Jays
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Cody Bellinger plays baseball for the New York _____. He hurt his _____. A hamstring is a muscle in the leg. He could not play for 25 _____.
Now Bellinger is _____. He will play on Sunday. The Yankees will play against the Toronto Blue _____. Bellinger said he is 'ready to go.'
The Yankees have another player named Spencer _____. He plays in the minor _____. The minor leagues are a lower level of baseball. Some people think the Yankees may send Jones back to the minor leagues now that Bellinger is _____.
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