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"The extraordinary, unlikely, and inspirational true story of the friendships formed between Cam Perron--a white, baseball-obsessed teenager from Boston--and hundreds of former professional Negro League players, who were still awaiting the recognition and compensation that they deserved from Major League Baseball more than fifty years after their playing days were over"--
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IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
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What makes a baseball player one of the greatest of all time? Some say a player should be a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Others think it has something to do with home runs or strikeouts. Nearly 20,000 people have played Major League Baseball since the first official game in 1871. In this fan-pleasing volume, readers discover amazing facts about great hitters like Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron. Was old-timer Horus Wagner or recently retired Derek...
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Let's meet some of the most popular baseball players in this sports book for kids! Learn about their lifestyles, where they came from and how they became really popular in this outdoor sport. By knowing these sports stars, your child may be encouraged to take on a more active lifestyle by first leaving the consoles and computers behind.
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Just in time for the Academy Awards, SABR"s book of baseball's "matinee stars."
For well over a century, stars and supporting players on baseball
diamonds have become stars and supporting players in the movies,
on Broadway, in vaudeville and, eventually, on television and in
concert halls. After all, ballplayers are celebrities. Whether on the
field or the stage, they are in the business of entertaining the
masses. Not surprisingly, many showbiz luminaries...
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From tee ball to pro ball, this book is the ultimate baseball career advisor. Written by current and former professional baseball players and coaches, it is a game-changer for baseball players and their parents. Competing in America's pastime not only requires skill development and willpower to meet the challenges of the game, but also the wisdom to navigate the industry and exercise sound judgment with every decision. Combining expert baseball knowledge...
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Zero is a young talented baseball player who demonstrates his dedication for his own self-improvement, along with helping his friends and teammates improve by always learning better ways to train and exercise. Zero learns and demonstrates real-life safe and effective ways to exercise his body to improve his health and performance for playing the game he loves: baseball. The exercises included in this book are appropriate for all ages and for all types...
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"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...
8) Shoeless Joe
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 13
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A dreamer builds a baseball diamond amid the Iowa cornfields and waits for the outstanding, but dead, baseball players of the past to show up for a very special game.
9) Long shot
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In this New York Times bestselling autobiography, baseball legend Mike Piazza takes readers into his exceptional and storied career-from the rumors and controversies to his proudest achievements.
In this remarkably candid autobiography, superstar Mike Piazza takes readers inside his life and career to show what it takes to make it to the major leagues and to stay on top.
Piazza was drafted in the sixty-second round of the 1988 MLB draft, a courtesy...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
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A lavishly illustrated edition of the famous poem, which was first published in 1888. This edition presents it as if found in a vintage scrapbook, complete with fictional news clippings and advertisements about baseball's early days.
11) Sizzling
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A former professional baseball pitcher and owner of the family sports bar, Reid Buchanan attracts all the women around him, except for his grandmother's nurse, Lori Johnston, a woman determined to remain professional at all costs.
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"Bestselling author Peter Golenbock brings to life baseball greats from the 1940s, '50s, and '60s with Whispers of the Gods. Like the enduring classic The Glory of Their Times, this book is based on hundreds of hours of taped interviews featuring the likes of Roy Campanella, Ted Williams, Phil Rizzuto, Jim Bouton, Stan Musial, and more"--
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Buck O’Neil once described him as “Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, and Tris Speaker rolled into one.” Among experts he is regarded as the best player in Negro Leagues history. During his prime he became a legend in Cuba and one of black America’s most popular figures. Yet even among serious sports fans, Oscar Charleston is virtually unknown today. In a long career spanning from 1915 to 1954, Charleston played against, managed, befriended, and occasionally...
17) Screwball
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The arrival of rookie Ron Kane, a solid all-around player, seems to have finally banished the curse that has gripped the Boston Red Sox for years, but the potential for a winning season is marred by a string of murders that seem to be stalking the team.
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April 15, 1947, marked the most important opening day in baseball history. When Jackie Robinson stepped onto the diamond that afternoon at Ebbets Field, he became the first black man to break into major-league baseball in the twentieth century. World War II had just ended. Democracy had triumphed. Now Americans were beginning to press for justice on the home front-and Robinson had a chance to lead the way.He was an unlikely hero. He had little experience...
20) Calico Joe
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 7
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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.