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English
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It's the last game of the season, Billy Chapel, a seventeen season legend and guaranteed Hall-of famer, has always played for the love of the game, never money nor fame. Now, at the end of an amazing career, he finds himself playing his most crucial game. He has one last chance to prove who he is and what really matters in life. A taut, compelling story of one man's coming of age.
Publisher
Night Shade Books
Pub. Date
c2014
Language
English
Description
"Of all the sports played across the globe, none has more curses, superstitions, or supernatural events [than] baseball, America's national pastime. While some of these can easily be explained, there are just as many that cannot. [This book] delves right into that superstition with short stories written by several key authors about baseball and the supernatural. Whether it's a frozen curveball, a robot pitcher, or fantasy outcomes (the Cubs winning...
5) Calico Joe
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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.
10) Blockade Billy
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English
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"Even the most die-hard baseball fans don't know the true story of William "Blockade Billy" Blakely. He may have been the greatest player the game has ever seen, but today no one remembers his name. He was the first--and only--player to have his existence completely removed from the record books. Even his team is long forgotten, barely a footnote in the game's history. Every effort was made to erase any evidence that William Blakely played professional...
13) Jack at bat
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Series
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The Lady and Rex have a baseball game against the Big City Brats. Jack is not allowed to swing the bat, so he is told to be the Bat Boy. That is, until the Lady Town Ladies and the Big City Brats are tied. It's up to Jack to hit a home run, but on the way to home plate he spots some snacks...
15) Play ball!
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Martha helps her friend Truman develop his baseball skills.
16) Mr. Zinger's hat
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
When Mr. Zinger's hat flies in and interrupts Leo's playing, the two of them construct a story as to how exactly the hat took off.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
Daphne Brink doesn't follow baseball, but watching "America's Snoozefest" certainly beats sitting at home in the days after she signs her divorce papers. After one too many ballpark beers, she heckles Carolina Battery player Chris Kepler, who quickly proves there might actually be a little crying in baseball. Horrified, Daphne reaches out to Chris on social media to apologize... but forgets to identify herself as his heckler in her message. Chris...
20) Bobby Baseball
Author
Publisher
Yearling
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Bobby is passionate about baseball and convinced that he is a great player. The only problem is to get a chance to prove his skill, especially to his father.
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