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1) Who was Jackie Robinson?

Author

Herman, Gail

Series

Who was?

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An introduction to the life and career of baseball's Jackie Robinson.

2) Who was Babe Ruth?

Author

Holub, Joan

Series

Who was ?
Who was?

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A biography of Babe Ruth, one of the most famous players in major league baseball, discussing his childhood, family, athletic abilities, and more.

3) Underdogs: How two Indian athletes beat the Million Dollar Arm and became Professional Baseball players

Author

Mason, Fergus

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Baseball players come from Cuba, Korea, Japan...India? India is the least likely place anyone would expect a professional baseball player to come from, but one man saw potential, and gave two men a chance to prove themselves. After a strong display of athletics on the Indian television show Million Dollar Arm, two pitchers (Rinku Singh and Dinsesh Patel) were invited to America by the Pittsburg Pirates. Some saw it as a publicity stunt, and maybe...

4) Stars of baseball

Author

Schuh, Mari C

Series

Pebble plus. Sports stars

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"Simple text and full-color photographs feature eight current outstanding professional baseball players"--Provided by the publisher.

5) The might have been

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Schuster, Joseph M

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Hoping to achieve a lifelong goal when he is called up to the major leagues after ten years in the minors, Edward Everett Yates makes a risky play that results in a devastating injury and is unable to pursue a life without baseball as the years progress.

6) Batting ninth

Author

Rutherford, Kris

Series

Champion Sports Story

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Formerly the worst hitter on the team, Chad Griffin's hitting definitely improves when a major-league all-star coaches his team, but then the sixth-grader discovers something very disturbing about the coach.

7) Baseball heroes

Author

Stout, Glenn

Series

Good sports

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Describes the lives of professional baseball players such as Jackie Robinson, Hank Greenburg, Fernando Valenzuela, and Ila Borders, and examines the obstacles faced by each of the players during their lives and careers.

8) Lou Gehrig: the luckiest man

Author

Adler, David A

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Traces the life of the Yankees' star ballplayer, focusing on his character and his struggle with the terminal disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

9) Jackie Robinson (Read-to-Me)

Author

Strand, Jennifer

Series

Zoom in on trailblazing athletes

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Discusses the life of Jackie Robinson, the first black player in Major League Baseball.

10) Stealing Home: Jackie Robinson: Against the odds

Author

Burleigh, Robert

11) The anatomy of baseball nicknames

Author

Melley, Ken

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The Anatomy of Baseball Nicknames is filled with a selection of over seven hundred monikers given athletes, mostly in the game of baseball, that will make for an enjoyable read whether you are a fan of "America's Game" or not. Be it "the Left Arm of God" or "the Octopus" or "the Gooney Bird," all of these have been tagged to significant ballplayers in their major league careers. Besides the major leagues, which date back to the late 1800s, there is...

12) Evvie Drake starts over

Author

Holmes, Linda (Radio talk show host)

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Book, eAudiobook

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"In a small town in Maine, recently widowed Eveleth "Evvie" Drake rarely leaves her house. Everyone in town, including her best friend, Andy, thinks grief keeps her locked inside, and she doesn't correct them. In New York, Dean Tenney, former major-league pitcher and Andy's childhood friend, is struggling with a case of the "yips": he can't throw straight anymore, and he can't figure out why. An invitation from Andy to stay in Maine for a few months...

13) Jackie Robinson

Author

Kawa, Katie

Series

Heroes of black history

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This biography of baseball icon Jackie Robinson tells the story of how he became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball, including his triumphs and struggles.

14) Young Jackie Robinson: the pillar of responsibility

Author

Farrell, Edward

Series

Character counts

15) The shot heard 'round the world

Author

Bildner, Phil

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If you lived in Brooklyn in 1951, your life revolved around the Brooklyn Dodgers. Come summertime you bled Dodger blue. And it was in that summer of '51 that "Dem Bums"--What we lovingly called our Dodgers -- caused their biggest stir of all. For the young Brooklyn Dodger fan in this story, the summer of 1951 was a summer for heroes. The Dodgers, with players like Jackie Robinson, Carl Erskine, and Clem Labine, faced off against the New York Giants...

16) Rules of the game

Author

Wilde, Lori

Series

Stardust Texas

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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"Just uttering the word "wedding" makes Jodi Carlyle break out into a cold sweat. So a year after she'd been dumped at the altar, and two days after turning the big 3-0, she decides to break some rules--by dressing to the nines, hiring a limo,and crashing a swanky wedding...where she catches the eye of the Dallas Gunslingers' new star hitter Jake Coronnado. He's hot. He's sexy. He sticks by her side all evening. He's the perfect fling. After a wild...

17) Baseball's G.O.A.T: Babe Ruth, Mike Trout, and more

Author

Fishman, Jon M

Series

Sports' Greatest of All Time

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eBook, Kindle

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Who are the greatest baseball players of all time? Take a look at the careers of players past and present in this fun, fact-filled book. Readers are also invited to think critically about which players they personally consider the greatest of all time.