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In his final paragraph he writes “I have to choose between breaking the rules and my grades. I chose the rules and it wasn't a difficult decision” (Mollor, 2012, p. 551). By comparing that quote to a quote from the passage Cheating and CHEATING, readers will see the difference in how the writers deliver their message and it is interpreted. “But in the end, I guess my big problem with Pete Hamills' romantic essay is that there never was a long time ago in America where there was a beautiful game called baseball. The game, for better or worse, is as good now as it has ever been” (Posnanski, 2012, p.559). By reading this passage, readers can understand that Posnanski did not take sides just as Mollor did not. But he wrote more about attitudes toward past baseballs and his own