baseball

Discusses various players, plays, and historic moments from baseball while teaching numbers that pertain to game basics, such as the signal for a fastball and the speed of fast pitches.

Mr. Met, the mascot for the New York Mets baseball team, takes the reader on a tour of the sights and sounds of Shea Stadium and a major league baseball game.

Wally the Green Monster takes a tour through Red Sox territory by running in the Boston Marathon, attending the annual Patriots' Day Red Sox game, and walking along Boston's historic Freedom Trail.

Called "rookie star" by the town paper, third-grader Kenny Sandoval, talented first baseman for the Angel Park Dodgers, is determined to prove that the name has not gone to his head.

Examines, from an economic perspective, how the different traditions of soccer and baseball have shaped the possibilites for their commercial organization and exploitation, and considers how each sport might learn from the other's experiences to develop meaningful reforms.

Pitcher Dave Dravecky recalls classic baseball stories and introduces readers to baseball's greatest players and shares how baseball taught him lessons that he could apply to his live and to his relationship with God.

Presents twenty-three essays on the relationships between baseball and race, ethnicity, class, economics, and women.

Collection of essays describing all aspects of baseball including players, ball parks, games, fans, and the World Series.

Provides brief descriptions of significant players, teams, and moments in baseball history. Focuses on baseball's role in popular culture and the way the game has interacted with television, movies, and social issues in the United States.