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Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In SWING AND A HIT, O’Neill elaborates on his most important hitting principles, lessons, and memories—exploring those elements across ten chapters (to align with the nine innings of a baseball game and one extra inning). Here, O’Neill, with his intense temperament, describes what he did as a hitter, how he adjusted to pitchers, how he boosted his confidence, how he battled with umpires (and water coolers), and what advice he would give to current...
Author
Publisher
Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Description
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.
4) Till the end
Author
Publisher
Roc Lit 101
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The memoir of the life of one of the most beloved baseball players of his generation, a raw, compelling story of baseball, family, fame, addiction, loss, and a champion's resilience"--
Author
Publisher
Dey Street Books, an imprint of William Morrow Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
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.
10) Mike Trout
Author
Series
Publisher
SportsZone, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Profiles the life and accomplishments of the center fielder for the California Angels, including his boyhood in New Jersey, his time in the minor leagues, and his remarkable rookie year with the Angels.
Author
Series
Barefoot William volume 6
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Who says romance has gone to the dogs? Richmond Rogues left-fielder Joe “Zoo” Zooker has his own ritual for the start of spring traininga weekend of pure pleasure, including as many pretty faces and curvaceous bodies as he can charm into his bed. After that, hes all about baseball, especially with hungry minor leaguers eager for their own shot at the majors, just waiting for him to strike out. But when a beautiful woman with a smart mouth brushes...
Author
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When the Philadelphia Phillies signed Dick Allen in 1960, fans of the franchise envisioned bearing witness to feats never before accomplished by a Phillies player. A half-century later, they're still trying to make sense of what they saw. Carrying to the plate baseball's heaviest and loudest bat as well as the burden of being the club's first African American superstar, Allen found both hits and controversy with ease and regularity as he established...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When pro baseball player Chase Walker first meets Amanda at her restaurant, it's love at first sight. While Amanda can't help noticing the superstar with the Greek-god-build, he doesn't have a chance of getting to first--or any other--base with her. A successful entrepreneur who's built her business from scratch, Amanda doesn't need a Prince Charming to sweep her off her feet. And a curvy girl who likes to cook and eat isn't interested in being around...
16) Undrafted
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Description
Based on a true story. When collegiate star John Mazetti is skipped over by the MLB draft, an intramural baseball game with misfit teammates suddenly becomes life changing.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Aaron Judge, the hulking superman who carried an easy aw-shucks demeanor from small-town California to stardom in the Big Apple, had long established his place as one of baseball’s most intimidating power hitters. Baseballs frequently rocketed off his bat like cannon fire, dispatching heat-seeking missiles toward the “Judge’s Chambers” seating area in right field, sending delirious fans scattering for souvenirs. But even in a high-tech universe...
Author
Series
Johnny Adcock mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Johnny Adcock is an aging Major League pitcher with the perfect retirement plan—he moonlights as a private investigator. Major League Baseball, as it turns out, is a prime source of employment for a philosophically inclined, discreet detective who has both the brains and the brawn to handle the unique problems of professional athletes. Those infamous baseball salaries attract gangsters, hustlers, and predators of every persuasion who prey on the...
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"On October 3, 2000, 21-year-old pitcher Rick Ankiel took the mound for the St. Louis Cardinals in Game One of the National League division series. All was going well until Ankiel, who'd been lauded as the next Bob Gibson, threw a pitch that missed the mitt--wildly. Then he threw another. Then another, five in all. Slowly at first, then rapidly, his once-impenetrable pitcher's psyche crumbled. He would forever look back on that day as the day the...
20) Eight men out
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Traces the gambling conspiracy by members of the Chicago White Sox to lose the 1919 World Series in order to win a huge gambling payday.
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