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Convinced there's more to Rowdy than a good fastball, a wicked smile, and a tight pair of pants, Breeanne can't help but be tempted. After all, it's boring always being the good girl, and Rowdy dares her to be just a little bad. The stakes are high, but win or lose, this time Breeanne's breaking all the rules playing the game of love.
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"On a beautiful October morning in rural Maine, a homicide investigator from the state police pulls into the hard-luck town of Copper Falls. The local junkyard is burning, and the town pariah Lizzie Oullette is dead—with her husband, Dwayne, nowhere to be found. As scandal ripples through the community, Detective Ian Bird’s inquiries unexpectedly lead him away from small-town Maine to a swank city townhouse several hours south. Adrienne Richards,...
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IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
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"When black baseball players were unofficially barred from Major League Baseball they created their own leagues -- the Negro Leagues. This included such baseball players as Andrew "Rube" Foster, "Smokey Joe" Williams, Wilber "Bullet Joe" Rogan, Dick "Cannonball" Redding and Leroy "Satchel" Paige."
85) Hardball
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
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Baseball season has begun for the South Coast Sharks. As a senior, Griffin has college in his sights and plans to land himself a baseball scholarship. His determination causes him to turn a blind eye to the hazing of new players by the team captain, Wade. But when Griffin senses that his cousin Carson is getting the brunt of Wade's aggression, Griffin finally stands up to him. Soon after, steroids are found in Carson's locker, and he's kicked off...
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Alex Rodriguez is the highest-paid player in the history of baseball, a once-in-a-generation talent poised to break many of the sport's most hallowed records. In 2007 he became the youngest player, at 32, ever to hit 500 home runs, solidifying his status as the greatest player in the modern game, and months later he signed a contract that would keep him with the Yankees through the end of his career. His reputation changed drastically in February...
87) Miguel Cabrera
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IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
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Discusses the life of Miguel Cabrera, the MLB's baseball star and Triple Crown winner, from his childhood in Venezuela to his signing at 16 years old by the Florida Marlins after a contract bidding war, to his years with the Florida Marlins, and his trade to the Detroit Tigers.
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"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...
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The most famous baseball player in history, and the most enduring legend, Babe Ruth is remembered for his dramatic heroism not only on the baseball diamond but also in his life. Kal Wagenheim illustrates this larger than life athlete in his book Babe Ruth: His Life and Legends, and describes him as both a product of his childhood in Baltimore and of his formative years as a New York Yankee. Ruth struggled desperately with the dramatic contrast between...
90) Ball four
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Relates Jim Bouton's baseball career and his life after. "Ball five" covers his life ten years later.
92) Albert Pujols
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
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A biography of baseball player Albert Pujols, discussing his youth and family in the Dominican Republic, his move to the U.S. as a teen, his accomplishments in college, and his success as a professional with the St. Louis Cardinals. Includes career statistics.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 3
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Able to Play shares the inspiring stories of four baseball players. Mordecai (Three Finger) Brown, Ron Santo, Jim Abbott, and Curtis Pride faced physical challenges other players did not have. With determination and guts, they didn't just overcome; they excelled. This book is a game-changing celebration of overcoming odds.
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The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, tucked away in upstate New York in a small town called Cooperstown, is far from any major media market or big league stadium. Yet no sports hall of fame's membership is so hallowed, nor its qualifications so debated, nor its voting process so dissected.
Since its founding in 1936, the Hall of Fame's standards for election have been nebulous, and its selection processes arcane, resulting in confusion among...
95) Mike Trout
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IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Mike Trout's size and speed have made him a standout baseball player. Follow Mike's story from his years as a high school baseball fan in New Jersey to superstardom in Los Angeles.
96) The Closer
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IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 15
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"Mariano Rivera never dreamed of becoming a professional athlete. He didn't grow up collecting baseball cards, playing Little League, or cheering on his home team at the World Series. He had never heard of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, or Mickey Mantle. One day, that all changed. From a childhood playing pickup games in Panama to an epic career with the New York Yankees, Mariano's rise to greatness has been anything but ordinary. He's the guy...
97) Mike Trout
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
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Discusses the life of Mike Trout, an MLB star, his childhood in New Jersey to his selection by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the 2009 MLB Draft.
98) Jackie Robinson
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
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The first black player in Major League Baseball, Jackie Robinson was a true trailblazer. An easy-to-read narrative and historic photographs bring readers back to this historic time. Historic photos and easy-to-read text take readers into the athlete's life. Zoom in even deeper with quick stats, a timeline, and bolded glossary terms. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Zoom is a division of ABDO.
100) Double wide
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Whip Stark volume 1
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After fastball phenom Prospero Stark's baseball career craters in a Mexican jail, he retreats to a trailer park in the scorching Arizona desert. He lives in peaceful anonymity with a collection of colorful outcasts until someone leaves his former catcher's severed hand on his doorstep. Beautiful, hard-living reporter Roxanne Santa Cruz, who keeps a .380 Colt and a bottle of Chivas in her car, joins Stark to help him uncover his friend's fate, a dangerous...