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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
Whisper Lake volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
One moment can change a life...or two Keira Blake agrees to the blind date simply because she has a wedding coming up and no plus one. Tired of being the last single girl standing in her group of friends, she shows up at the bar with low expectations, but her ruggedly handsome date is far more attractive and interesting than she'd imagined. In fact, he seems too good to be true... Dante DeAngelis, the star pitcher for the Miami Mavericks, is in Whisper...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Examines the life of the legendary baseball player, who was the first African-American to pitch in a Major League World Series. Listen as you read along with this book and CD set.
Author
Series
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Meet Puerto Rican Baseball Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente--once just a kid from Carolina, Puerto Rico, who loved to play baseball on the streets of his hometown with friends and family. As a right fielder, Roberto played eighteen seasons with Major League Baseball, but his life was tragically cut short when a plane he chartered to bring earthquake relief supplies to Nicaragua crashed. The first Latin American player to be inducted into the National...
Author
Publisher
Triumph Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Jayson Stark discusses what he considers to be the most overrated and underrated players of all time at each position.
It's one of the oldest pastimes known to man, dating as far back as the invention of the wheel (somewhat overrated) and the discovery of fire (vastly underrated). But not until thousands of years later, with the arrival of baseball, did the overrated-underrated debate really fulfill its potential. This great sport was virtually made...
Author
Publisher
Capstone Editions, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Mamie "Peanut" Johnson had one dream: to play professional baseball. She was a talented player, but she wasn't welcome on the all-white Girls Pro Baseball League team due to the color of her skin. However, a greater opportunity came her way in 1953 when Johnson signed to play ball with the Negro Leagues' Indianoplis Clowns, becoming the only professional female pitcher to play on a men's team. During the three years she played with the team, her...
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
"Nothing could stop Toni "Tomboy" Stone from playing baseball--not even her parents. The only girl on a church team, she persevered as insults were hurled her way from the boy players. She caught the attention of former major leaguer Gabby Street, who gave her a chance at his summer baseball school. With Coach Street's training--and the cleats he gifted her--Toni managed to earn a spot in the minor leagues. Though teams were hesitant to sign a woman,...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Ernie Banks was a first-ballot Hall of Famer who played in fourteen All-Star Games, won two MVPs, and outslugged Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, and Mickey Mantle when they were in their prime. But while they made repeated World Series appearances in the 1950s and '60s, Banks spent his entire career with the woebegone Chicago Cubs, who didn't win a pennant in his adult lifetime. Failing to make the World Series bothered Banks so much that he even consulted...
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The true story of Glenn Burke, a "hidden figure" in the history of sports: the inventor of the high five and the first openly gay MLB player"--
Tells the true story of Glenn Burke, the inventor of the high five and the first openly gay MLB player: from his childhood growing up in Oakland, his journey to the MLB and the World Series, the joy in discovering who he really was, to more difficult times: facing injury, addiction, and the AIDS epidemic....
15) Babe Ruth
Author
Series
Publisher
Crestwood House
Pub. Date
©1992
Language
English
Description
The life story of the greatest home-run hitter, Babe Ruth, baseball player extraordinaire.
Author
Publisher
Times Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
In The Game from Where I Stand, Glanville shows us how players prepare for games, deal with race and family issues, cope with streaks and slumps, respond to trades and injuries, and learn the joyful and painful lessons the game imparts. And Glanville tells us with insight and humor what he learned from Jimmy Rollins, Alex Rodriguez, Randy Johnson, Barry Bonds, Curt Schilling, and other legendary and controversial stars. In his professional career,...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
©1993.
Language
English
Description
Kirby Puckett's incredible catch above the center field fence and his eleventh-inning home run in Game Six of the 1991 World Series turned that championship series around - and ignited a nationwide fandom for the smiling center fielder of the Minnesota Twins. His stunning statistics, which include a career batting average ranked third among all active players, five Gold Glove awards, two World Series rings, and a perennial spot on the All-Star team,...
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