baseball

A weight training guide for athletes that play baseball and softball that presents year-round programs that will help them increase speed and stamina and prevent injuries.

Presents a collection of bizarre behavior rituals, routines, and superstitions by a number of baseball players throughout the history of the game.

"Imagine what would happen in the twelve dancing princesses were actually sneaking into a fairy world in order to play baseball"--Back cover.

"A coming of age story set in historic and diverse Montreal, where a young Jewish boy dreams of a brighter future just as Jackie Robinson is making history with baseball's Montreal Royals."--Provided by publisher.

Provides answers to thirty miscellaneous questions about baseball, covering umpire hand signals, starting pitchers, the loss column, the seventh-inning stretch, and more.

"Step up to the plate and separate fact from fiction in baseball's origins! Did Abner Doubleday really create America's favorite pastime, or does this story strike out? Learn all you can about baseball's beginnings with infographics, primary sources, and expertly leveled text"--Provided by the publisher.

Examines baseball's history, equipment, primary positions, and common rules.

On April 15, 1947, Matt Romano and his father watch the Brooklyn Dodgers season-opener, during which Jackie Robinson, a twenty-eight-year-old rookie, breaks the "color line" that had kept black men out of Major League baseball.