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1) Calico Joe
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In this novel, the careers of a golden boy rookie hitter for the Cubs and a hard-hitting Mets pitcher take very different paths. The baseball is thrilling, but it is what happens off the field that makes this story a classic.
Author
Series
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
336 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Seventeen-year-old Silver King dreams of becoming a working cowboy. His mother, however, has pushed him to be a baseball player--and King certainly has the arm to be a star pitcher. When the National League forms a team in Kansas City in 1886, both mother and son get their wishes"--
Author
Publisher
Cemetery Dance Publications
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
112 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A retired coach recounts the story of "Blockade Billy" Blakely, known for his skills as a catcher and also as a formidable batter, the only player to have his record erased from baseball history, and his time with the New Jersey Titans.
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 423 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Few names in the history of baseball evoke the excellence and dynamism that Rickey Henderson's does. He holds the record for the most stolen bases in a single game, and he's scored more runs than any player ever. "If you cut Rickey Henderson in half, you'd have two Hall of Famers," the baseball historian Bill James once said. But perhaps even more than his prowess on the field, Rickey Henderson's is a story of Oakland, California, the town that gave...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st scribner hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
x, 223 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher best known for throwing the pitch that culminated in Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World" traces the story of his career from his emergence as a promising young star to his Dodgers dominance at the end of the 1940s.
12) The sweet spot
Author
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"When pro baseball player Chase Walker first meets Amanda at her restaurant, it's love at first sight. While Amanda can't help noticing the superstar with the Greek-god-build, he doesn't have a chance of getting to first--or any other--base with her. A successful entrepreneur who's built her business from scratch, Amanda doesn't need a Prince Charming to sweep her off her feet. And a curvy girl who likes to cook and eat isn't interested in being around...
Author
Publisher
Little Brown & Co
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xi, 276 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents the story of Jim Morris' departure from the minor leagues after a string of injuries, his career as a high school physics teacher, and his eventual return to the minors followed by an all-star career in the majors.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
xiv, 111 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents a biography of Mamie Johnson, one of three women to play in the professional Negro League, discussing the challenges she faced as a black woman to make her way into professional baseball.
Author
Language
English
Description
"In a small town in Maine, recently widowed Eveleth "Evvie" Drake rarely leaves her house. Everyone in town, including her best friend, Andy, thinks grief keeps her locked inside, and she doesn't correct them. In New York, Dean Tenney, former major-league pitcher and Andy's childhood friend, is struggling with a case of the "yips": he can't throw straight anymore, and he can't figure out why. An invitation from Andy to stay in Maine for a few months...