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24) Grand slam
Author
Series
Baseball genius volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Jalen DeLuca can analyze and predict almost exactly what a pitcher is going to pitch, but without the statistics he has on the pro players, Jalen finds success to be extremely challenging, especially with all the extra drama of his mom coming back into his life.
Author
Series
Baseball card adventures volume 11
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Description
When Stosh travels back in time to 1941 in hopes of preventing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that brought the United States into World War II, he meets Ted Williams, one of the greatest hitters in baseball history. Includes notes about Williams' life and career.o
Author
Series
Baseball card adventures volume 10
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Stosh travels back to 1969 to try to prevent the untimely death of Roberto Clemente, a legendary baseball player and humanitarian, but upon his return to the present, he meets his own great-grandson who takes him into the future, and what he finds there is more shocking than anything he has encountered in his travels to the past.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Baseball in Denver shares the city's prominent role in America's great game. The lore of baseball's first pioneers plays out in a real-life soap opera for this Western city. From the early Hall-of-Fame players to the storied baseball-talent barons of Denver's primitive days, baseball has always been on the forefront of the Denver sports horizon. From Tinker to Satchel Paige to "The Babe" himself, the Mile High City has been a barnstormer's oasis in...
30) Play ball!
Author
Series
Little league volume 1
Pub. Date
©2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Description
"Eleven-year-old cousins who are closer than most brothers, catcher Liam McCarthy and pitcher Carter Jones grew up playing baseball together. Now, their team is on the verge of winning the greatest championship of all: the Little League Baseball World Series. To reach the title match, however, they must first beat their number one rivals from Southern California. Little do they know that the game will prove to be just the first challenge they'll face...
33) Hank Aaron
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Profiles the man who replaced Babe Ruth as "America's Home Run King" and also set records for RBIs and total bases run, despite the pressures of being one of the few black major league players in the 1950s.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1994
Description
The Second World War causes turmois in baseball as its best players enlist. But in 1941, before the war began, baseball has a summer better than anyone could remember. Ted Williams and "Joltin' Joe" DiMaffio bat the lights out while the Brooklyn Dodgers win their first pennant in 20 years. But baseball's most poignant moment arrives when the Dodgers' Branch Rickey forces intergration by singing the immortal Jackie Robinson. With heroic dignity,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Did a major-league pitcher really hit a bird with a fastball in the middle of a game? What did a goat have to do with the Chicago Cubs not winning a championship for more than 70 years? Did Babe Ruth really point toward center field just before hitting a big home run in the 1932 World Series? Prepare to uncover the real stories behind these and other great baseball myths and legends!"--
Author
Series
Ninja baseball Kyuma! volume 1
Pub. Date
c2004, 2009
Description
"Kyuma and his dog Inui live in the mountains, where Kyuma trains every day to become a great ninja. But when Kyuma mistakes a baseball captain for his master, the local baseball team ends up with its first ninja player! Can a ninja step up to the plate and learn how to play ball? Find out in Ninja Baseball Kyuma!" -- from publisher's web site.
Author
Series
Baseball card adventures volume 5
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Description
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...