Which sentence from the passage best supports the idea that Troy is a good baseball player? "I guess Coach Rossi thought I did really well because he asked me to pitch a few before the inning was up."

"Spring was approaching after a long, arduous winter, and baseball season would be beginning soon."

"The pitcher lobbed a slow ball to me, and under normal circumstances, I would have whacked it into the outfield; but for some reason, I swung prematurely and hit nothing but air."

"Then it was my turn, and my mouth was as dry as the desert sand I missed, so I slurped the last of the cool liquid from my water bottle."

Read the excerpt from the time traveler's guide to elizabethan england. simon forman, who does attend plague sufferers, is a rare exception: this is because he has himself survived the disease and believes he cannot catch it again. however, his remedy amounts to little more than avoiding eating onions and keeping warm. he has a recipe for getting rid of the plague sores that will afflict you afterward if you survive the disease; but that is a very big "if.” it seems the best advice is provided by nicholas bownd in his book medicines for the plague: "in these dangerous times god must be our only defense.”which lines best summarize the excerpt?