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1) Calico Joe
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In this surprising and moving novel, the careers of a golden-boy rookie hitter for the Cubs and the hard-hitting Mets pitcher take very different paths. The baseball is thrilling, but it's what happens off the field that makes "Calico Joe" a classic.
3) The closer
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
The nineteen-year veteran pitcher for the New York Yankees describes his life, discussing the difficulties in being a Latino baseball player in the U.S., how he keeps his Christian values in professional sports, and his championships and rivalries.
4) Shoeless Joe
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English
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The novel that inspired Field of Dreams: “A lyrical, seductive, and altogether winning concoction.” —The New York Times Book Review
One of Sports Illustrated’s 100 Greatest Sports Books
“If you build it, he will come.” When Ray Kinsella hears these mysterious words spoken in the voice of an Iowa baseball announcer, he is inspired to carve...
One of Sports Illustrated’s 100 Greatest Sports Books
“If you build it, he will come.” When Ray Kinsella hears these mysterious words spoken in the voice of an Iowa baseball announcer, he is inspired to carve...
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English
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"On her own since the age of eighteen, Cass Macklin dated brilliant, troubled Ben McGreavy..They partied their way through their twenties...Now Ben is dead, and Cass is broke, homeless, scared, and pregnant. Determined to have a healthy pregnancy and raise Ben's baby...Cass turns to the only person with the means to help her: Ben's brother Scott, third basemen for the Boston Red Sox, a man with a temper and problems of his own"--Publisher.
7) Double play
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English
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In 1947, as Jackie Robinson breaks the major league baseball color barrier by playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Joseph Burke, a World War II veteran and survivor of Guadalcanal, is hired by Dodgers manager Branch Rickey to be Robinson's bodyguard.
8) Third base
Author
Series
Boys of summer (Heidi McLaughlin) volume 1
Language
English
Description
"EVERY GAME HAS RULES. HE'S ABOUT TO BREAK THEM. Since becoming a major league baseball player, I've learned a few hard lessons. Like never give out your home address on social media (sorry, Mom). Never shoot your mouth off without thinking. and never, ever let your personal life interfere with your game. But then I saw her - sitting alone behind the enemy dugout, watching me - and I just had to meet this girl. Now I know that Daisy Robinson has her...
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Publisher
Liberty Street, an imprint of Time Inc. Books
Language
English
Description
Highlights the careers of notable baseball players, including Josh Gibson, Jose Fernandez, Yogi Berra, Manny Ramirez, and Babe Ruth, dividing them into such categories as record breakers, prime pitchers, and cool characters.
10) Hometown hero
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Series
Silverlake Ranch volume 3
Language
English
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When baseball star Andrew "Ace" Braddock, who is a player in every sense of the word, returns home to heal after being injured, nurse Mia Adams refuses to succumb to the charms of her onetime enemy despite his best efforts.
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English
Description
Mickey Mantle is one of baseball's all-time greats. Playing for the New York Yankees for his entire professional career, Mantle was named to the All-Star team for 11 consecutive seasons, won three MVP awards, and was a seven-time World Series champion. He quickly became an icon who achieved hero status even while playing through injuries for most of his career.
In “Mantle: The Best There Ever Was”, Tony Castro makes the impassioned argument that...
13) Fever pitch
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English
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New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods hits it out of the park with this reader favorite story.
Cassie Miles was through with baseball players! Never mind that they looked oh-so-cute in those tight uniforms, her ex-husband had been one-and he'd left her to play the field! Now superstar pitcher J. K. Starr was hanging around, trying to befriend her young son and sneak his way into Cassie's heart.
But soon Cassie had to admit that J.K....
14) Calloused hands
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
English
Description
12-year-old Josh is a mixed race boy and a promising baseball player. He is abused by his mother's boyfriend Byrd, and neglected by his mother Debbie. He forges his own path in life when his estranged grandfather insists he study for his Bar Mitzvah.
17) Home run
Author
Series
Boys of summer (Heidi McLaughlin) volume 2
Language
English
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"LOVE ISN'T A GAME. I've given up everything for the chance to play major league baseball. Everything. Now I'm so close I can practically hear the crowd chanting my name. There's nothing that could take my dream away from me. Unless I lose focus. And Ainsley Burke is the most beautiful, distracting woman I've ever met. When I'm with her, I can't think of anything else. But no matter how much I want Ainsley, there's no room for love in my game plan....
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English
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"Culturally, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays were light years apart. Yet they were nearly the same age, almost the same size, and came to New York at the same time. They possessed virtually the same talents, and played the same position. They were both products of generations of baseball-playing families, for whom the game was the only escape from a lifetime of brutal manual labor. Both were nearly crushed by the weight of the outsized expectations...
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