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.

A baseball-stealing fox makes reparation and is duly rewarded.

Amelia Bedelia, who knows very little about baseball, stands in for a sick player during a game.

With the help of a baseball dictionary so they can learn the necessary language, an elephant and a bear take over the management of a baseball team.

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.

Two teams of bats play an exciting nighttime baseball game.

"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...