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Based in part on the life of baseball legend Ty Cobb, this book belongs in the pantheon of great baseball novels.
John Barr is the kind of player who isn't supposed to exist anymore. An all-around superstar, he plays the game with a single-minded ferocity that makes his New York Mets team all but invincible. Yet Barr himself is a mystery with no past, no friends, no women, and no interests outside hitting a baseball as hard and as far as he can....
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Decades before Field of Dreams there was The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant, the classic baseball fable that became the hit movie and musical Damn Yankees. Now a new generation is ready to discover this delightful book, restored to its original title, with a new introduction by baseball writer Bill James. Baseball lovers everywhere can identify with Joe Boyd, a die-hard Washington Senators fan who puts his soul in hock to help them wrest the pennant...
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What's a 16-year-old boy to do when he learns that his stepmother and a local judge have murdered his father and now plan to kill him, too? Well, when it's 1906, and you can play pretty good second base, you join a barn-storming baseball team making its way across Kansas. It also helps that the team is the Kansas City National Bloomer Girls. After all, who'd look for a runaway boy disguised as a girl on a women's team that competes against town teams...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Documents the story of the Baseball Hall of Fame honorees, tracing how the Acerra family of New Jersey formed their own semi-pro baseball team in the 1930s and became the longest-running all-brother team in history.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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When modern baseball fans think of African American players, they may think of Ken Griffey Jr., Derek Jeter, or Jason Heyward. But what about the black stars who didn't play Major League Baseball? In the early 1900s, professional baseball was mostly segregated - black players were not allowed in the Major Leagues. The Negro Leagues provided an alternative for African American players for decades before MLB began to integrate in 1947.
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Liberty Street, an imprint of Time Inc. Books
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2018.
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English
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"[T]his new fanbook is filled with fun trivia, unique lingo, and illustrated behind-the-skills how-to's. Chapters include Team Tidbits (salient baseball facts about every MLB team), Think Like a Manager (essential strategies to understand), He Reminds Me Of (compares current players to legendary greats of America's favorite pastime), and much more!"--Amazon website.
7) The sandlot
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English
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The sandlot: In the early 1960s newcomer Scotty Smalls becomes part of a sandlot baseball team whose members share adventures, first kisses, and encounters with the dreaded beast and its owner who live behind the left field fence.
The sandlot 2: Ten years after the original story a new team tries to retrieve an irreplaceable model rocket that lands in Mr. Mertle's backyard behind left field.
The sandlot: heading home: An arrogant pro baseball player...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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When his father's valuable signed baseball disappears during the team's sleepover, Ian Shin, catcher for the Scottsville Knights, suspects the new pitcher, Hunter Yates, but he cannot be sure, and his trust in his teammates is shattered--so he must uncover the truth to bring the team back together.
9) Curveball
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The contract (Derek Jeter) volume 5
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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Derek is having the best summer yet! Fun on the lake with his cousins, baseball, and a visit from his best friend, Dave: what more could he ask for? It gets even better when Derek gets to go to a Yankees game and meets a bunch of kids who play ball near the stadium, and they're good. Awesome, actually, especially Jumbo and Tiny. Derek can't wait to introduce them to Dave, but Grandma says if he wants to go to another Yankees game, he'll have to earn...
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WhistleStop
Pub. Date
c1998
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IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Hopper the grumpy bunny has to help coach the school baseball team. But Hopper doesn't like baseball--not one bit! And three of his players are pretty hopeless. Can Hopper find a way to turn them into winners?
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[CreateSpace]
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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"The Year a Royal Dream Came True tells the story of the 2015 Kansas City Royals. A team destined for the crown ever since that flick of the bat by Salvador Perez in the 2014 AL Wild Card Game. The magic that began then carried on, and led the boys in blue to ultimately hoisting the trophy and celebrating in royal fashion. They were welcomed home by 800,000 devoted fans that lined the streets of KC just to say thanks to their beloved team"--Back cover....
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Boxcar children volume 122
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Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
2010
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IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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The Aldens are thrilled to be helping out at Cogwheel Stadium as the Clayton Cogs try to win the pennant, but when the children realize someone has stolen the team's pitching signals and given them to the other team, they set out to find the spy before he ruins the team's chance at victory.
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