The Winter Dogs are unable to win a single game until there are only two teams, where they realize one team will not be able to win, making it the worst in the state. Susan tells him that every person in a sports team has an important role to play but Greg says that his role is to make everyone else look good. The other coach didn't have a problem with it, but Susan did and said she wanted to win fair and square, so she sent Greg over to the other team.

Frank didn't want to spend money to park near the stadium, so they parked a mile away in a muddy lot where Frank pulled out his portable grill.Due to the custodial staff having to take care of lunch, the principal is forced to give everyone the day off. While they were practicing, they made a ton of mistakes and when they did, Patel made them run sprints to the other side of the cafetorium but that everyone more tired which caused them to make more mistakes so after a while, everyone except for Preet was running sprints. She introduces them to the Second Chance Tournament, a state-wide tournament you cannot leave until you win. For users who don't hold autoconfirmed rights, if you have an idea for something that should be added to the page, message the admins with your suggestion.

The next game was against Stage Whisperers and they won because they confused Greg's team by acting. As the competition heats up, can Greg keep his head in the game-or will he have to throw in the towel?He is a six-time Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award winner for Favorite Book and has been named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World. Patel and one of the guys on the team started to argue about the time they booked the gym but then Patel came up with a solution: Play a game against them and whoever won would have the court. In the next practice Patel gave a speech about how injuries were part of sport, and they were gonna have to step it up.

Patel started subbing kids out of the game and Greg was worried that he was gonna put him in and Susan wasn't helping either. Then Preet missed a three-pointer, and the ball came to Greg and all of Greg's former teammates were all over him. Upon learning about a Field Day at school, where the winning homeroom gets a day off, he begins to train for the day. She said that she was glad that it happened as it made her a better person which made Greg even more nervous.

In the top drawing of page 40, it is shown that Greg's mom bought Chickpea Clusters even though in Wrecking Ball it is revealed that Greg is allergic to chickpeas. Diary of a Wimpy Kid series: Big Shot Is The 16th Book In The Series, Release Teased on Twitter by Author". In the third quarter Susan had to take Ruby out of the game and decided to put Greg in, which he did not like at all because of the girls being too aggressive, saying that it was like throwing raw meat to a bunch of wolfs, and that he didn't remember the final score.

Bosh is worried about, because they have a lot of athletes, and she also is worried that some adults are going to compete in field day. Whenever Kevin got the ball, he had to take out his retainer so people would understand him and eventually Franklin caught on so they kept stealing the ball while Greg's team was trying to follow Patel's new plays.

This is the fourth book to have Rowley as a minor character, (books being The Long Haul, The Getaway and The Deep End). Greg wonders how sports got started in the first place, and thinks sports is just a way to settle things without needing a war. Patel argues with them, and they work out a compromise, it's similar to how the senior citizens came to the Valentine's Day dance so they can have their meeting, and a compromise is worked out in The Third Wheel.