Honus & Me: Chapters 7–10

by Dan Gutman
Thanks to a magical baseball card, Joe Stoshack travels back in time to 1909 and meets baseball legend Honus Wagner.

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  1. dumbfounded
    as if rendered speechless with astonishment and surprise
    “Who are you?” I asked, dumbfounded.
  2. tinge
    a slight but appreciable amount
    There were bags under his brown eyes, and a tinge of sadness in his face.
  3. obscure
    not famous or acclaimed
    Anybody posing as Wagner would know that. I looked down the column for a more obscure statistic.
  4. draft
    a current of air
    “Son, no piece of cardboard is gonna solve a man’s problems, unless it’s to keep a draft out of his window.”
  5. reverie
    absentminded dreaming while awake
    Honus interrupted my reverie.
  6. slink
    move or walk stealthily
    I slunk down into my seat.
  7. menacing
    threatening evil or danger
    I swung my bat menacingly and put a determined look on my face.
  8. trudge
    walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
    At least I didn’t whiff, I thought, as I trudged back to the bench.
  9. shaft
    a vertical passageway through a building
    “Woulda been a home run,” the catcher said as I passed him, “if we were playing in an elevator shaft.”
  10. undertaker
    one whose business is the management of funerals
    “Heck, I twirl a few games when the regular pitchers are worn out. I don’t have much of a curve, but I throw hard. They say if I ever hit a batter they should send for an undertaker, because it’ll be too late for an ambulance.”
  11. stroke
    the act of swinging at a ball with a racket, bat, club, etc.
    “You got a nice stroke. Who taught you to play, your dad?”
  12. freight
    goods carried by a large vehicle
    Will wasn’t interested in playing ball professionally, but I was. Anything to get out of the mines. So when they offered Will a tryout, I hopped a freight train to Steubenville and took his place.
  13. hopper
    funnel-shaped receptacle
    One day a bunch of us were chuckin’ lumps of coal at an empty hopper across the Monongahela River.
  14. incredulously
    in a disbelieving manner
    “Well, in the confusion, I picked up the rabbit and threw it to first.”
    “What happened?” I asked, incredulously.
  15. uproarious
    marked by boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter
    With that, Honus slapped his knee and laughed uproariously.
  16. render
    give or supply
    She sat there for a long time thinking before rendering her verdict.
  17. stationery
    paper cut to an appropriate size for writing letters
    I opened the night table drawer. Inside was a Bible and some sheets of blank stationery.
  18. backfire
    emit a loud noise as a result of an explosion of fuel
    A bunch of antique cars were on the street, sputtering, backfiring, and honking their horns.
  19. rile
    disturb, especially by minor irritations
    “Why not dress in the locker room?”
    “No hot water. Besides, the kranks like to see us on their way to the game. Gets ’em riled up, you know?”
  20. fanatic
    a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm
    “Fanatics,” Honus said as he pushed open the door facing the street. “Fans. Don’t let the Tiger kranks bother you.”
  21. raw
    unpleasantly cold and damp
    I was glad Honus told me to put on a jacket, because it was raw and windy outside.
  22. bunting
    a loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc.
    Red, white, and blue bunting hung around the ballpark.
  23. blare
    make a loud noise
    Band music blared in the distance.
  24. hawk
    sell or offer for sale from place to place
    Newsboys hawked papers for a penny.
  25. bewildered
    extremely confused and uncertain what to do
    “Okay, but why?” I was bewildered.
Created on Mon Aug 30 11:31:08 EDT 2021 (updated Thu Sep 09 16:24:34 EDT 2021)

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