Chad is upset when his parents begin wanting him to come home before midnight and eat healthier; meanwhile, Abby has bobblehead issues and pinch hitter Sammy Solaris has trouble with speed. With the help of Dylan, a baseball card, and a porcupine, Chad tries to save the summer.
After unscrupulous collector S. Wendell Palamino cons him out of a valuable baseball card, sixth-grader Griffin Bing puts together a band of misfits to break into Palomino's heavily guarded store and steal the card back, planning to use the money to finance his father's failing invention, the SmartPick fruit picker.
a historical tribute by the hobby's most relied upon source
Payne, Mike
1999
This book is a historical tribute to three hundred cards of stars and superstars who have made their marks on the collecting world and on the game of baseball.
Provides practical advice on building a baseball card collection, covering such topics as trading cards, preserving them, and finding rookie cards, errors, and other specialities.
During a summer of baseball and baseball card trading, eleven-year-old Andy makes discoveries about his father, his grandfather, who played professional baseball, and himself.
Chad is thrilled to be a batboy for the Pine City Porcupines even though the team is not doing well, his fellow batboy is less than thrilled about the job, and his favorite player seems to be jinxed.
