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322) The Tiger troubles
Author
Series
Ballpark mysteries. Main series volume 11
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
"When Mike and Kate visit Detroit, someone is blackmailing the Tigers' famous slugger, Tony Maloney"--
323) The grip
Author
Series
Marcus stroman volume 1
Formats
Description
Marcus, a young baseball pitcher, learns that perfect games only come with a lot of practice--and some strikeouts.
324) Blockade Billy
Author
Pub. Date
p2010
Description
A retired coach recounts the story of "Blockade Billy" Blakely, known for his skills as a catcher and also as a formidable batter, the only player to have his record erased from baseball history, and his time with the New Jersey Titans.
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Collects seven stories featuring Pete the cat, including "Pete at the Beach" in which, while visiting the beach with his family, Pete enjoys collecting shells and building a sand castle but resists going into the water or accepting a surfing lesson from Bob, despite the heat.
326) A face in the crowd
Author
Pub. Date
p2012
Description
"Dean Evers, an elderly widower, sits in front of the television with nothing better to do than waste his leftover evenings watching baseball. It's Rays/Mariners, and David Price is breezing through the line-up. Suddenly, in a seat a few rows up beyond the batter, Evers sees the face of someone from decades past, someone who shouldn't be at the ballgame, shouldn't be on the planet. And so begins a parade of people from Evers's past, all of them occupying...
Author
Series
Home team novel volume 5
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
On or off the field, Matt and Ben couldn't be more different. Ben Roberson is an all-or-nothing player: he's big, he's bold, and he's brash. Ben's swing can hit a ball right out of the park, but that's if he can get a hit at all. Matt Baker is small, and shy, and his stutter has him avoiding the spotlight, even if he's the best all-rounder on the team. But while Matt knows he's got the chops, a part of him has always envied 'Big Ben' and his attention-grabbing...
328) The Bambino and me
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
George Henry Alexander is a huge fan of baseball. His favorite team is the New York Yankees and his favorite player is Babe Ruth. George plays baseball during his free time and he listens to the games on the radio with his dad. Everywhere he goes, he carries his Babe Ruth baseball card. On his birthday, George's parents surprise him with two tickets to watch the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees--his first real game! But his presents don't stop...
329) Home run
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Ana & Andrew are finally old enough to play team sports! Andrew tries out for the baseball team. When he is nervous before his first game, Papa tells him to think of Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play modern Major League Baseball. (Amazon)
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
A big day for baseball: Batter up! The magic tree house has whisked Jack and Annie back in time to the 1940's. They're in Brooklyn, New York for a very special baseball game. Hurricane heroes in Texas: Jack and Annie are on a mission! When the magic tree house whisks them back to Galveston, Texas, in 1900, they find out that a big storm is coming. But even though there is rain and wind, no one believes there is any danger. As the storm grows, seawater...
332) Baseball saved us
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
A Japanese American boy learns to play baseball when he and his family are forced to live in an internment camp during World War II, and his ability to play helps him after the war is over.
333) Curveball
Author
Series
The contract (Derek Jeter) volume 5
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
While spending the summer with his extended family in New Jersey, Derek finds a team he can play baseball with and earns money to take his best friend to a Yankees game.
335) Curveball
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
Elena Rueda loves baseball--and is the best player on her team--but recently has stopped having fun, so during a summer spent with her brother's quirky friends she reflects on who she is and maybe learns love to play again.