baseball

Always a little slow and awkward, Applebaum dreams of being on the fifth-grade baseball team and impressing everyone with his spectacular playing.

Profiles seven top baseball players, including Evan Longoria, Roy Halladay, and Josh Hamilton, with brief biographical and background information, career statistics, and analysis for each player.

Contains a first-person account of everyday use of math for beginning readers and includes a problem correlated to first grade standards.

Presents a story about the childhood of New York Yankees catcher Jorge Posada and being coached by his father to bat left-handed, and how it leads right to the major leagues.

In 1961, newly arrived at the United States Army base near the World War I battlefields at Verdun, France, twelve-year-old Terrence "O.B." O'Brien is torn between the popular boys on the baseball team and a French boy they tease for being different.

Arthur worries about a sealed envelope sent home by his teacher, challenges the banning of his favorite series of books, and tries out for the baseball team.

As Robbie's hitting streak takes him closer to the college record, he faces the additional pressures of playing in the college world series and learning that his father may have multiple sclerosis.

Describes the work and training of a professional baseball player. Also discusses the organization of baseball teams and the rules of the game.

Micael is taken out of the team's starting lineup.

Vicky's grandmother thinks her granddaughter's love of baseball is not suitable for a girl.