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Young Kyle learns a lesson about honesty in sports
The Reds and Cubs are the two teams battling for first place in Kyle Holt's Little League. In the top of the final inning Kyle scores the go ahead run to give the Reds a 4-3 lead, but in the bottom of the inning the Cubs get a runner on and have the winning run at the plate and their slugger Bryan Ford at the plate. Bryan crushes a pitch and Kyle leaps high over the fence to catch it, but as the ball hits his glove he tumbles over the wall. The ball falls out of his glove, but nobody can see what has happened, and if Kyle did not make the catch then his team will have lost the game...

In another entertaining and instructive book in the AllStar SportStory series, Fred Bowen once again combines a prime example from baseball history with a realistic situation that could confront a young baseball player. In "Winners Take All" Bowen acknowledges that cheating has always been a part of baseball, from stealing signs to throwing illegal pitches, but offers the example of the great Hall of Fame pitcher Christy Mathewson, who was so honesty that umpires would ask him to help make calls during games. Kyle is shocked by the notion that a player would make a call against his own team, but the idea of having that great of a reputation for honesty and good sportsmanship starts to gnaw at Kyle. Then there is the fact that somebody saw what really happened, and is threatening to tell everybody if Kyle does not make sure the Cubs win the pennant.

"Winners Takes All" manages to make its point without pontificating and young readers can appreciate the process by which Kyle comes to his decision as to what to do about his predicament. As is the case with all of Bowen's baseball stories, the back of the book includes a look at the real story, which talks not only about Mathewson but also Tom Kite and Justin Leonard, golfers who also showed that some things were more important than winning. Final Note: During the World Series last month there were lists floating around about the best World Series players ever (e.g., Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees as the best reliever ever). For starting pitchers Bob Gibson and Sandy Koufax were getting mentioned a lot, which is an injustice to Mathewson since in 1905 he pitched three complete game shutout victories in a five game series. This year's Series MVP did not do even half that much.

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Winners Take All
I am a 5th grade student at Waldron Mercy Academy(FSJ).
Kyle was an amazing baseball player. He always told the truth until...Kyle just wanted to win so bad against this one team called "The Cubs" that he made a fake catch. He thought no one saw him,but he wasn't a hundred percent sure if you asked me. Anyway back to telling the story. Everyone believed him,his dad(who was really proud of him),his mom, gradmother(who kneweverything about baseball and was practically in love with it), his whole team and coach, everyone who saw him, and his best friends Nate and Claire. What will Kyle do if the person who saw him tells that he made a fake catch?

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Winners Take All
Have you ever been accused for cheating? We'll Kyle Holt has, the Reds center fielder, When he caught the winning catch to beat the Cubs. Even though Kyle didn't catch the winning ball the ump didn't know so he called it good. So then after the game a kid called him and said" If the Cubs don't win the championship, your secret wouldn't be a secret." Now if you are starting to get into this one and only sport fiction book you should read it. This book is full with interesting things, exciting things and wonderful things too. So I would definitely recommend this book to other kids.
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