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Encompassing the extraordinary history of Major League Baseball's Pittsburgh Pirates, this photo-laden narrative underscores significant players, team accomplishments, and noteworthy moments that will stand out in young sports fans' minds.

Encompassing the extraordinary history of Major League Baseball's Houston Astros, this photo-laden narrative underscores significant players, team accomplishments, and noteworthy moments that will stand out in young sports fans' minds.

Encompassing the extraordinary history of Major League Baseball's Cleveland Indians, this photo-laden narrative underscores significant players, team accomplishments, and noteworthy moments that will stand out in young sports fans' minds.

Encompassing the extraordinary history of Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds, this photo-laden narrative underscores significant players, team accomplishments, and noteworthy moments that will stand out in young sports fans' minds.

Baseball is often called "America's Pastime." It's one of the most popular sports in the United States and in many other countries around the world too. Many kids grow up playing baseball. The best baseball players make it to the highest level of the sport in the United States: Major League Baseball (MLB). Whether you want to make it to the MLB someday or just root for your favorite team, it helps to know as much as you can about this sport. Every player on a baseball team as a different job to do, and understanding those jobs can make playing and watching baseball even more fun!.

"There's more to being a great athlete than just winning the game. Baseball . . . [players] know it takes talent, skill, and respect to make them great at the plate. This . . . title combines . . . action, . . . plays, and SEL skills to show what sets . . . athletes and teams apart--on and off the baseball diamond"--Provided by publisher.

Springtime means it's baseball season, and Charlie Brown wants this to be the year his team finally wins a game! Charlie Brown's only option is to make some trades to improve his team. He calls Peppermint Patty to make a deal, but she tells him there's only one player on his team she wants, "the funny-looking little kid with the big nose." Snoopy! Peppermint Patty offers Charlie Brown five good players for Snoopy. But will Charlie Brown trade his beloved beagle just to win a ball game?.

"Which baseball teams are the greatest of all time? From the 2005 Chicago White Sox to the 1942 St. Louis Cardinals, find out which teams makes the cut in this easy-to-follow ranking"--Provided by publisher.

"Combining behavioral science and interviews with executives, managers, and players, Keith Law analyzes baseball???s biggest decision making successes and failures, looking at how gambles and calculated risks of all sizes and scales have shaped the sport, and how the game???s ongoing data revolution is rewriting decades of accepted decision making. In the process, he explores questions that have long been debated, from whether throwing harder really increases a player???s risk of serious injury to whether teams actually ???overvalue??? trade prospects"--Goodreads.

Readers learn about Major League Baseball, past and present.