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BASEBALL CURSES THE CURSE OF BILLY PENN OLIVIA MIGAS AND MOLLY KUCKKAHN

BASEBALL CURSES THE CURSE OF BILLY PENN OLIVIA MIGAS AND MOLLY KUCKKAHN. Bower, Patrick. (2013). The Curse of William Penn on Philadelphia Sports. Article Summary. William Penn Curse Philadelphia City Hall Tallest building to not tallest One Liberty Place Two Liberty Place.

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BASEBALL CURSES THE CURSE OF BILLY PENN OLIVIA MIGAS AND MOLLY KUCKKAHN

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  1. BASEBALL CURSESTHE CURSE OF BILLY PENNOLIVIA MIGAS AND MOLLY KUCKKAHN

  2. Bower, Patrick. (2013). The Curse of William Penn on Philadelphia Sports.

  3. Article Summary • William Penn Curse • Philadelphia City Hall • Tallest building to not tallest • One Liberty Place • Two Liberty Place

  4. Article Summary Continued • Affected all Philadelphia teams • did not extend to college teams • Did not extend to professional teams outside major leagues • Comcast Center • Figurine of William Penn

  5. Not the Curse • Bad coaches • Not enough conditioning • No talent at the time

  6. Conclusion • The curse • Coincidence • What do you think?

  7. Strengths of the Article • Bower made it very easy for any skill level of a reader to read it. • Bower wrote with a lot of detail making sure not to miss anything.

  8. Weaknesses of the Article • Bower included a lot of dates and names of teams when it was not needed. • There was nothing about if the curse was ended or if it was still continuing.

  9. Student Review • Easy to understand • Gave specific names to buildings • Well written

  10. William Penn Song

  11. References • ^Chairusmi, Jim (June 12, 2007). "Does the Curse of Billy Penn Continue to Haunt Philadelphia?". The Wall Street Journal. • ^ abMatza, Michael (October 22, 2008). "Lifting the curse of William Penn". philly.com. Archived from the original on 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2009-01-14. • ^ Appleby, J Ph.D. (2005). The American Vision. Glencoe. p. 75. • ^Major League Baseball on Fox: Game 5 of 2008 World Series. Fox Sports. October 27, 29, 2008. • ^ ab Warren, Ken (June 2, 2010). "Two cities that could use a CUP". Ottawa Citizen: p. B3. • ^ Holcomb, Henry J. (June 18 2007). "Comcast Center topped off". The Philadelphia Inquirer. • ^Scally, Bernard J. (November 11 2006). "Are Philadelphia sports teams cursed by the city founder?". RoxReview.com.

  12. References • William Penn Song. http://www.ryanparkersongs.com/2007/12/curse-of-billy-penn.html • Bower, Patrick. (2013). The Curse of William Penn on Philadelphia Sports. http://voices.yahoo.com/the-curse-william-penn-philadelphia-sports-358299.html

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