Underline the phrase that shows people were surprised by Champion’s decision to pay baseball players It was considered a bold move to decide to openly pay players to play
baseball, and it can be credited to Club President Aaron B. Champion,
who came up with the idea. In 1869, the Reds' player-manager Harry vedt
Wright, known as the “Father of Professional Baseball," and his team
toured the country and won sixty games without a single loss. Although
the National Association didn't want to support the professional baseball
movement, they were overruled. Major League baseball in America
had begun.

so whats the question?

beowulf sets out on his journey for daneland. -- 1

hrothgar welcomes beowulf. -- 2

beowulf waits for grendel to attack heorot. -- 3

beowulf succeeds in defeating grendel by tearing off his arm. -- 4

beowulf fights with grendel’s mother. -- 5

beowulf sets out for his fight with the dragon. -- 6

beowulf sets out for his geatish homeland. -- 7

the price of our current war is high; it costs money and it costs lives.

but it does not cost our pride. it does not cost the guilt that would arise from knowing that we did nothing to intervene while our neighboring nations fell to despotic leaders.

it does not cost the terror of knowing that our allies are unstable. it does not cost the fear that we, too, will be next to fall.

which sentence most accurately explains why the speaker's use of the parallel structure is effective in this passage?

a. it underscores that disagreement will not be tolerated and will be dealt with swiftly.

b. it makes the speaker seem like a decisive and capable leader.

c. it emphasizes reasons to fight and inspires listeners to aid the war effort.

d. it establishes the speaker's credibility by acknowledging the difficulties of war.