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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.