高中英语 voa常速听力2012年08月合辑文本summer-baseball-grooms-players-for-majors素材.docVIP

高中英语 VOA常速听力2012年08月合辑（文本）Summer-Baseball-Grooms-Players-for-Majors素材 CAPE COD, Massachusetts — As the sun sets on Cape Cod and the swimmers leave the beach, local ball fields light up here top college players go head ahead in the Cape Cod Baseball League. 揟he talent is unbelievable here,?says Jeff McNeil, a second baseman at Long Beach State University in California. He抯 spending the summer on the countrys opposite coast, playing for the Brewster Whitecaps. 揗y dream in baseball, like everyone抯, is to Leag go pro and the Cape Cod League is a good starting ground for that.? Hundreds of current major league players used to compete on these same fields and the top college prospects continue to draw scouts from the major league teams. During batting practice before a recent Brewster Whitecaps game, the players were watched by scouts from the Colorado Rockies and Chicago Cubs. 揟hey抮e here at every game, they抮e here to watch batting practice, says McNeil. They抮e watching your every move. Basically everything you do on the field, you抮e being evaluated for.? Fans gather to watch the Orleans Firebirds during the Cape Cod Baseball Leagues summer season. (VOA/D. Gruenbaum) For fans, though, the atmosphere is laid back. There抯 no admission fee and spectators line the field, filling the bleachers, settling in their own beach chairs or sitting in the grass like Max Finocchio, 9, and his father, Mark. 揙h it抯 great. We love baseball, it抯 a great sport to watch, a good chance you抮e going to catch a foul ball down here, says Mark. Maybe [well] actually catch someone that抯 up and coming in this league whos going to become a major league baseball player.? But this summer experience goes beyond baseball. Each player lives with a host family. McNeil and one of his teammates are staying with Julia and Bob Tulloch and their two children. Julia Tulloch considers the players adopted sons for the summer. 揌aving the boys around has been fantastic, absolutely fantastic, she says.