baseball

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baseball

Joey Pigza loses control

2002
Joey, who is still taking medication to keep him from getting too wired, goes to spend the summer with the hard-drinking father he has never known and tries to help the baseball team he coaches win the championship.

Play ball, Amelia Bedelia

1972
Amelia Bedelia, who knows very little about baseball, stands in for a sick player during a game.

Jackie and me

a baseball card adventure
1999
Joe Stoshack, a boy who has the ability to travel through time, learns a lesson about dignified behavior in the face of ethnic and racial strife when he goes back to 1947 to meet African-American baseball legend Jackie Robinson.

Casey back at bat

2007
Presents a humorous sequel to Ernest Lawrence Thayer's classic "Casey at the Bat" with colorful illustrations and rhyming text.

We are the ship

the story of Negro League baseball
2008
Explores the history of Negro League baseball teams, discussing owners, players, hardships, wins, and losses; and including illustrations.

The Boston Red Sox

2006
Reviews the history, accomplishments, and key personalities of the Boston Red Sox baseball team, and includes a time line, photographs, a glossary, and team facts and statistics.

The New York Yankees

2006
Chronicles the history and accomplishments of the New York Yankees baseball team, introduces key players and personalities associated with the team, and includes photographs, statistics, fun facts, and a time line.

The Chicago White Sox

2006
Presents an overview of the history of the Chicago White Sox, in simple text with illustrations, tracing their accomplishments and key personalities through their 2005 World Series title.

The Chicago Cubs

2006
Chronicles the history and accomplishments of the Chicago Cubs baseball team, introduces key players and personalities associated with the team, and includes photographs, statistics, fun facts, and a time line.

Catcher with a glass arm

1992
Jody can't throw the baseball hard, so it usually falls short of its mark. Then one day he gets beaned with a ball and must overcome fear and humiliation.

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