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41) Baseball pals
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When Jimmie is elected captain of his baseball team, his first decision is to appoint himself pitcher. But Jimmie's selfish move could ruin the whole team...
43) High heat
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When sophomore Shane Hunter's father is arrested for money laundering at his Lexus dealership, the star pitcher's life of affluence and private schooling begins to fall apart.
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Billy Baggs novels volume 2
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With his father in jail and his mother working full-time, fourteen-year-old Billy Baggs finds himself in charge of running the family farm in northern Minnesota and having to give up the thing he loves most--baseball.
51) Skinnybones
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Alex's active sense of humor helps him get along withthe school braggart, make the most of his athletic talents, and simply get by in a hectic world.
53) I Got It!
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Formats
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In this wordless picture book, a young outfielder imagines all the terrifying ways he might not catch the baseball, and one way that he can.
54) Soar
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Formats
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Moving to Hillcrest, Ohio, when his adoptive father accepts a temporary job, twelve-year-old Jeremiah, a heart transplant recipient, has sixty days to find a baseball team to coach.
55) Over the wall
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Thirteen-year-old Tyler, who has trouble controlling his anger, spends an important summer with his cousins in New York City, playing baseball and sorting out how he feels about violence, war, and in particular the Vietnamese conflict that took his grandfather's life.
56) Blockade Billy
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[2010]
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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...
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Shakespeare bats cleanup volume 1
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[2003]
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When a fourteen-year-old baseball player catches mononucleosis, he discovers that keeping a journal and experimenting with poetry not only helps fill the time, it also helps him deal with life, love, and loss.
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Baseball card adventures volume 5
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[2003]
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When Joe Stoshack's dad ends up in the hospital after a car accident , he has tow words he has to say to his son,: Mickey Mantle. For Stosh has a special power with a baseball card in hand, he can travel back in time. And his dad has a rare card - Mantle's valuable 1951 rookie card. "I've been thinking about it for a long time. Go back to 1951. You;'re the only one who can do it," Dad whispers. That night Stosh grips the card and prepares for another...
60) Plunked
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Sixth-grader Jack Mogens loses his nerve after getting hit by a pitch, and has to dig deep within himself to avoid giving up the sport he loves.