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Author
Pub. Date
1994
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiii, 205 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A collection of stories about baseball, Hitting Into the Wind contains the tale of a minor league player who fears that he will never make it, an umpire experiencing marital problems, and a man who collects old baseballs.
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
AD 810L
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
America has been waiting for this mighty ballplayer to step up to the plate and right his wrong that left Mudville in a state of gloom. Now, in this humorous, seam-splitting sequel to Ernest Lawrence Thayer's "Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic," award-winning author Dan Gutman offers Casey what any failed sports hero most desires, a second chance.
Author
Publisher
University of Virginia Library
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
Excerpt: "There was Delaney's red-haired trio-Red Gilbat, left fielder; Reddy Clammer, right fielder, and Reddie Ray, center fielder, composing the most remarkable outfield ever developed in minor league baseball. It was Delaney's pride, as it was also his trouble. Red Gilbat was nutty-and his batting average was.371. Any student of baseball could weigh these two facts against each other and understand something of Delaney's trouble. It was not possible...
15) Outfield outcast
Author
Series
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Malcolm is used to being the star first-baseman of his middle school team, but this year he has serious competition from a former benchwarmer, so he finds himself stuck in the outfield--and having to learn to put the team first." -- Provided by publisher.
16) I got it!
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
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.
17) Calico Joe
Author
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Appears on list
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.
18) Swing
Author
Publisher
Blink
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
HL 610L
Physical Desc
448 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"When America is not so beautiful, or right, or just, it can be hard to know what to do. Best friends Walt and Noah decide to use their voices to grow more good in the world, but first they've got to find cool. Walt is convinced junior year is their year, and he has a plan to help them woo the girls of their dreams and become amazing athletes. Never mind that he and Noah failed to make the high school baseball team yet again, and Noah's love interest...
19) Owl ball
Author
Series
Lexile measure
510L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ollie Overwing is the best pitcher the Owls have, so his team is depending on him in the big game between the Owls and the Black Ducks--but umpire Stanley Stork has a couple of special rules for this game that may trip the owls up.
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