Answers for Questions of pages 44-56

1. Sammy didn't like going with his mother's friend because he didn't like meeting new people, they didn't go early to watch the batting practice and they left early.

2. The "Old Gold Special" is the homerun ball that goes over the right field fence. The person that finds the ball brings it back to the park and gets in free. They also get to have the whole team autograph the ball.

3. The type of collection they started was of the ball parks they visited

4. The parks they visted were Ebbets field, Polo grounds, Shibe Park, Braves field, and Forbes Field.

5. The trip was going to be difficult because it was so far away, it was going to cost a fortune, and because their skins were different colors they couldn't eat in the same restaurants or stay in the same motel, so they would have to eat in the car and sleep in the car.