baseball

After Luke helps another baseball player conquer her fears, he realizes its not such a bad thing to turn to friends for help.

Jenny wants to win but is she only playing baseball because her father is the coach?.

Moving to a new town, Phil knows he could be a winner if only he could make the baseball team.

When his classmates brag that Walter is their star shortstop, Walter makes a cast for his left arm so the kids won't know what a terrible player he really is.

...Share Jackie Robinson's struggle against poverty and prejudice as he becomes an American baseball hero who fights for the rights and freedom of all people.

The only thing Randy enjoys about baseball is having it over with so he can go fishing, but his father insists that he participate on the school team.

Blake Easton has never played organized sports, so when he makes the local traveling baseball team as a bench player he is thrilled; and when the team's star second baseman (and all around annoyance) Kyle, breaks his foot in the very first game the coach calls on Blake to fill in--but Blake is not sure he can perform as well as Kyle, and even less sure that he can trust Kyle's helpful advice.

"This baseball league that was made up of African American players and run by African American owners ushered in the biggest change in the history of baseball. In America during the early twentieth century, no part was safe from segregation, not even the country's national pastime, baseball. Despite their exodus from the Major Leagues because of the color of their skin, African American men still found a way to participate in the sport they loved. [This book] shines a spotlight on the players, coaches, owners, and teams that dominated the Negro Leagues during the 1930s and 40s. Readers will learn about how phenomenal players like Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, and of course, Jackie Robinson greatly changed the sport of baseball"--OCLc.

Learn about being a good sport with Charlie Brown as he learns that baseball isn't just about winning.

Explains the scientific principles that come into play in a baseball game and how science has been used to improve player performance.