PART A: Which of the following best describes the author’s claim in the text?
A. Baseball provides boys in the Dominican Republic with an opportunity they
wouldn’t otherwise have to be very successful.
B. The pressures on Dominican Republic baseball players discourage them from
pursuing an education and leave them at a disadvantage if they don’t succeed in
the major leagues.
C. Standards in baseball only require academies to provide Dominican Republic
players with a basic education.
D. While most Dominican Republic baseball players do make it to the major
leagues, they don’t have the basic education to succeed after their baseball
careers.