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1) Calico Joe
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 7
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
SportsZone an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This title explores everything a young reader would want to know about baseball, from home run sluggers to World Series heroes. The title also features informative sidebars, a glossary, and further resources. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing Company. Table of contents; Glossary of key words; Informative sidebars.
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
The rich, poignant tales of major league baseball's most hard-luck fraternity-the pitchers of its Almost-Perfect Games
From 1908 to 2015, there have been thirteen pitchers who have begun Major League Baseball games by retiring the first twenty-six opposing batters, but then, one out from completing a perfect game, somehow faltering (or having perfection stolen from them). Three other pitchers did successfully retire twenty-seven batters in a row,...
4) Chicago Cubs
Author
Publisher
AV2 by Weigl
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This series gives readers an inside look at the baseball teams that make up Major League Baseball. Sports fans will love the vivid photographs and fun facts included in the Inside MLB series. --Publisher
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2007
Description
Howie Traveler never made it as a player-his one major league hit and .091 batting average attest to that. He was cursed with that worst of professional maladies, the ill fortune of almost. Now after years of struggling up the coaching ladder, Howie's finally been given his shot: as manager of the Cleveland Indians. But America's pastime has changed. Whether Howie can spot a small flaw in a batter's swing won't matter if he can't manage his superstar...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
You think humans are the only ones who enjoy America's national pastime? Grab your bat--the other kind--and your mitt, because it's a whole new ballgame when evening falls and bats come fluttering from the rafters to watch their all-stars compete. Get set to be transported to the right-side-up and upside-down world of bats at play, as imagined and illustrated by best-selling author-illustrator Brian Lies.
Author
Series
Publisher
12-Story Library
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Learn what makes your favorite baseball team unique in The MLB Fan's Guide. Each book is split into 12 chapters covering the different facts, players, stories, and traditions that define the team.
Author
Publisher
Sports Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
In a game that has been our national pastime since the 1850s, there have been countless changes, additions and adaptations to the rules of baseball. But while the sport has altered considerably in recent years, its essence is still deeply rooted in its early history.
13) The natural
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007, 1984
Description
A once-promising baseball player on his way to stardom in the big leagues, finds his dreams shattered when a mysterious woman and a silver bullet end his career prematurely. Sixteen years later, armed with his childhood bat "Wonderboy," he comes back to baseball, joins the roster of the lowly New York Knights to see if he can overcome physical pain and the nefarious forces around him to lead his team to the pennant.
14) Baseball
Author
Series
Publisher
Amicus
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"This search-and-find book invites emergent readers to look for new vocabulary words and pictures while giving simple facts about the fundamentals of baseball, including player positions, gear, and key terms"-- Provided by publisher.
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Description
Morris Buttermaker is an alcoholic pest removal worker and for a very short period of time a former professional baseball player, is recruited to coach and train a failing baseball team. All of these twelve-year-olds have been thrown out of the league. After losing every game they have played in so far, the kids force the coach to straighten up and teach them how to win before the season is over.
Author
Series
Publisher
12-Story Library
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Learn what makes your favorite baseball team unique in The MLB Fan's Guide. Each book is split into 12 chapters covering the different facts, players, stories, and traditions that define the team.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
A Mets and Yankees All-Star pitcher shares lessons from his seventeen-year career, detailing his passion, frustrations, and strategies, and offering stories from the memorable teams he played on.
During his 17-year career, Cone became a master of the mechanics and mental toughness a pitcher needs to succeed in the major leagues. A five-time All-Star and five-time World Champion, he now gives his full count of his colorful life in baseball. From the...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
Michael Schell is Professor of Biostatistics at the University of North Carolina and Director of the Biostatistics Core Facility at the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is the author of Baseball's All-Time Best Sluggers: Adjusted Batting Performance from Strikeouts to Home Runs (Princeton) and has published more than 100 research articles on statistics and cancer.
Tony Gwynn is the greatest hitter in the history of baseball. That's the...
Formats
Description
JB Bernstein is a once-successful sports agent who may have to close his business. To save it, he comes up with an idea so radical it just might work. Setting off for Mumbai, JB stages a televised, nationwide competition called 'Million Dollar Arm' where two young finalists emerge as winners. JB brings them back to the US with a goal: get them signed as pitchers to a major league team. While the boys learn the game, they teach JB the meaning of teamwork...
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