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Presents a story featuring only single-syllable words in which an unexpected substitute saves the day when the star player on the baseball team breaks his leg.

Lefty Halliday gets one more chance to prove his pitching career shouldn't be over.

Tom Poulos, a catcher for the Jarvis Badgers, is looking forward to a summer of baseball and possibly a Little League Championship, but he has to prove himself anew when he is sent to spend the summer with his uncle in Winnipeg where he joins a local team.

What is the definition of a high-scoring offense? How do you measure a player's offensive productivity? How do you keep your team on track throughout the course of a long season? High-Scoring Baseball is the definitive guide for establishing an aggressive, opportunistic, and disciplined offense. Inside you'll find detailed coverage of the four offensive team goals and the six ways to create offensive pressure that gives every team a chance to be high scorers. Then go inside the numbers for an in-depth analysis of run production. Discover the most common predictors for achieving a big inning, the importance of getting the lead-off hitter on, and the importance of collecting free bases. You'll identify the most effective strategies based on specific game situations as well as the proper mental approach and physical adjustments to execute in those situations. Offense is more than a player's batting average or a team's ability to hit the long ball. It's all about run production. It's a player's ability to achieve a high-quality at-bat and a team's ability to create a big inning. High-Scoring Baseball will change the way you see and play the game.

"The Ultimate Baseball Road Trip" is part travel manual, part ballpark atlas, part baseball history book, part restaurant and city guide, and, not least, part epic narrative. For the second edition, the authors provide updated information on every venue from Boston to L.A., plus brand-new chapters for the brand-new parks.