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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...
2) Calico Joe
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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Tthe careers of a golden-boy rookie hitter for the Cubs and a hard-hitting Mets pitcher take very different paths.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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From New York Times bestselling author Stephen King comes the haunting story of Blockade Billy , the greatest Major League baseball player to be erased from the game. Even the most die-hard baseball fans don't know the true story of William "Blockade Billy" Blakely. He may have been the greatest player the game has ever seen, but today no one remembers his name. He was the first--and only--player to have his existence completely removed from the record...
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English
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Eclipsing the traditional sports memoir, House of Nails, by former world champion, multimillionaire entrepreneur, and imprisoned felon Lenny Dykstra, spins a tragicomic tale of Shakespearean proportions -- a relentlessly entertaining American epic that careens between the heights and the abyss.
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Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"A picture book biography about Lizzie Murphy, the first woman to play in a major league exhibition game and the first person to play on both the New England and American leagues' all-star teams"--
6) Sizzling
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English
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Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, Reid Buchanan, a former pro baseball pitcher and current owner of his family's sports bar, has a history of making women swoon. But not all women--especially his grandmother's nurse, Lori Johnson, who is determined to remain professional.
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Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c2015.
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English
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After crashing a celebrity wedding in an attempt to reclaim her self-esteem after being jilted at the altar, Jodi Carlyle has a one-night stand with a stranger only to discover that he will be the best man at her sister's wedding.
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Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Using an "Everyman" player as his narrator, Kadir Nelson tells the story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through the decline after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947. Illustrations from oil paintings by artist Kadir Nelson.
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McFarland
Pub. Date
1990
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English
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According to selection criteria the author has developed, he ranks baseball's greatest players in order of greatness, chooses the best baseball player between 1893 and 1987, lists seven all-time all-star teams, and reviews the early Negro baseball leagues and players.
14) Slow heat
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Berkley Sensation
Pub. Date
c2010
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English
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"After a woman claims she's pregnant with Wade O'Riley's love child, Major League Baseball's most celebrated catcher and ladies' man is slapped on the wrist by management and ordered to improve his image. His enforcer is the team's publicist, the tough and sexy Samantha McNead. When Wade needs a date for a celebrity wedding, Sam steps up to the plate as his 'girlfriend.' But given her secret crush on him and that one awkward night a year ago in a...
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Morrow
Pub. Date
[1966]
Language
English
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Personal narratives by Rube Marquard, Tommy Leach, Davy Jones, Sam Crawford, Jimmy Austin, Fred Snodgrass, Stanley Coveleski, Al Bridwell, Harry Hooper, Joe Wood, Chief Meyers, Hans Lobert, Rube Bressler, Edd Roush, Bill Wambsganss, Sam Jones, Bob O'Farrell, Lefty O'Doul, Goose Goslin, Willie Kamm, Heinie Groh, and Paul Waner.
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Central Recovery Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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Bill Denehy was at the top of his game... until he threw a pitch that changed the course of his life. Rage chronicles Denehy's injury-plagued career in major league baseball and the loss of his vision due to injections used to keep him in the game. Denehy holds nothing back as he shares the anger he felt his whole life, his lost dreams, his descent into addiction and eventually finding peace when he entered recovery. His experience will resonate with...
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Dey Street Books, an imprint of William Morrow Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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The legendary New York Yankee catcher tells the incredible story of his personal journey, offering an unexpected, behind-the-plate view of his career, his past, and the father-son bond that fueled his love of the game.
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