Summarization
Directions: The paragraph is followed by an incomplete phrase or sentence which summarizes the main idea of the paragraph. Spell out the missing letters of the word.

The popularity of rivalries fueled the attraction of the game(base- ball) and caused it to become the national past time. The sport transformed from being a game of amateurs into a sport played b professionals. With that transformation, the innocence of baseball had been lost.
Baseball t to a professional sport.