Between the first and last stanzas of "digging," what change takes place in the speaker's attitude toward his pen? what significance does this change have for the speaker? in your answers, focus on the ideas of the pen as a gun (first stanza) and the pen as a digging tool (last stanza).

Between the first and last stanzas of "Digging," the speaker's attitude toward his pen changes from a negative tool which the gun represents putting an end to something, to a positive digging tool which a pen represents something which implies the start of something useful.  The significance this change has for the speaker is the concrete illustration of the fruits of an honest labor. 

what can best be inferred from this excerpt is the pittsburgh pirates had a winning season in 1972., the specific information about the year is provided in the excerpt.

the other options are not correct because we can not assure that roberto clemente was the best since we don't know the information about the other players, there are no mentions about any specific fan either and it is clear that not many batters can make it to   3000 hits because it is mention as a high number.

to not go near anything hot