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Our Baseball Club and How It Won the Championship · Character

Dr. Selby

A doctor and father of Tom Selby, a community figure.

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First appearance: our baseball club and how it won the championship

Dr. Selby shows up with force in III: After the Battle. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Argues for the importance of muscle in baseball, citing Bill Van Orman's strength and skill.
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Dr. Selby first appears in 0001 our baseball club and how it won the championship.

In III: After the Battle: Argues for the importance of muscle in baseball, citing Bill Van Orman's strength and skill.

Later, in Mike Costigan's Discovery: Father of Tom Selby, who advises sending a warning message and later realizes it may have been too late.

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RPRob PeabodyAHAlice HowellAHAlbert HeatonBBBen BurtonLMLew MorrisDSDr. Selby

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  • Other

Character groups

  • Catalpas team and supporters

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Story tension across the book.

SetupEscalationClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

In this chapter, the emotional and psychological peak occurs as the entire town of Catalpa is gripped by fever…

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