Create bar graphs comparing statistics of the 1975 Cincinnati Reds and the 1998 New York Yankees.
Students then share their answers.
As students respond, the teacher writes down the apparent criteria students used to determine this greatness. As a class, discuss how we measure greatness and why there is disagreement when making this determination. It goes on to discuss the 1927 Chicago American Giants, who won the Negro National League that year. This was 20 years before baseball became racially integrated. The other nine teams in that category accomplished their achievement prior to the 1947 season.