The unusual name of this sport comes from the fact that a thrown disc can reach speeds of up to 50 miles per hour—and a team member certainly needs guts (courage) to reach out and catch it with his or her bare hand!

how does the author's word choice in this sentence affect the tone of the paragraph?
a.
the sentence makes the tone less formal.
b.
the sentence makes the tone less factual.
c.
the sentence makes the tone more informative.
d.
the sentence makes the tone more objective.

what can best be inferred from this excerpt is the pittsburgh pirates had a winning season in 1972., the specific information about the year is provided in the excerpt.

the other options are not correct because we can not assure that roberto clemente was the best since we don't know the information about the other players, there are no mentions about any specific fan either and it is clear that not many batters can make it to   3000 hits because it is mention as a high number.

a, a knight