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  • Essay / We, the public, put the best athletes on pedestals. By...

    In his last paragraph, he writes: “I have to choose between breaking the rules and my grades. I chose the rules and it was not a difficult decision” (Mollor, 2012, p. 551). By comparing this quote to a quote from the passage Cheating and CHEATING, readers will see the difference in how the authors bring their message to interpretation. "But ultimately, I guess my big problem with Pete Hamills' romantic essay is that there was never a very long time ago in America when there was a beautiful game called baseball. The game, for better or for worse, is as beautiful as it has ever been” (Posnanski, 2012, p.559) by reading this passage, readers can understand that Posnanski did not take sides, just like Mollor. But I have written more about attitudes towards baseballs and their