baseball stories

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How spider saved the baseball game

1989
Although Fly does not choose Spider to play on his baseball team, Spider proves he's a true all-star.

MVP

1991
Freshman catcher Robbie Belmont sees the spirit of Redstone University's baseball team threatened by a serious feud between him and star pitcher Eagle Wilson.

Little big league

1994
One remarkable summer Billy Heywood learns what it is like to be an adult, while the baseball players on the team he has inherited rediscover their youthful enthusiasm for the game.

Strike out!

1996
Baseball lover Catherine is accustomed to being on a winning team, but this year she is stuck with a group that includes goof-offs, bumblers, and a girl who hates to get dirty, and worst of all, Catherine's mother is the team's coach.

Ollie's team and the million dollar mistake

1973
A bank robbery and a banking mistake that adds a million dollars to the sixth grade's bank account help Ollie discover his real problem in playing baseball.

Johnny No Hit

1977
Threatened by a beating if he hits against Roy's pitching, Johnny almost loses a ballgame for his team.

Heather hits her first home run

1989
A little girl who just started playing tee-ball gets a chance for her first hit when the bases are loaded and her team has two outs.

Jeffrey's ghost and the leftover baseball team

1984
A baseball team of children no one else wants on a team turns into a team of winners with the help of a friendly boy ghost.

Take me out to the ball game

2006
A grandmother takes her two granddaughters to a ballgame. Includes music and text to the song "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" (words by Jack Norworth; music by Albert von Tilzer).

Joey Pigza loses control

2011
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.

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