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"Even the most die-hard baseball fans don't know the true story of William "Blockade Billy" Blakely. He may have been the greatest player the game has ever seen, but today no one remembers his name. He was the first--and only--player to have his existence completely removed from the record books. Even his team is long forgotten, barely a footnote in the game's history. Every effort was made to erase any evidence that William Blakely played professional...
4) Calico Joe
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
In this novel, the careers of a golden boy rookie hitter for the Cubs and a hard-hitting Mets pitcher take very different paths. The baseball is thrilling, but it is what happens off the field that makes this story a classic.
5) Double play
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English
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In 1947, as Jackie Robinson breaks the major league baseball color barrier by playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Joseph Burke, a World War II veteran and survivor of Guadalcanal, is hired by Dodgers manager Branch Rickey to be Robinson's bodyguard.
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"When pro baseball player Chase Walker first meets Amanda at her restaurant, it's love at first sight. While Amanda can't help noticing the superstar with the Greek-god-build, he doesn't have a chance of getting to first--or any other--base with her. A successful entrepreneur who's built her business from scratch, Amanda doesn't need a Prince Charming to sweep her off her feet. And a curvy girl who likes to cook and eat isn't interested in being around...
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"In a small town in Maine, recently widowed Eveleth "Evvie" Drake rarely leaves her house. Everyone in town, including her best friend, Andy, thinks grief keeps her locked inside, and she doesn't correct them. In New York, Dean Tenney, former major-league pitcher and Andy's childhood friend, is struggling with a case of the "yips": he can't throw straight anymore, and he can't figure out why. An invitation from Andy to stay in Maine for a few months...
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"One Perfect Lie is an emotional thriller and a suburban crime story that will keep you guessing until you turn the very last page. On the surface, it tells the tale of the struggling single mother of a high-school pitcher, a shy kid so athletically talented that he's being recruited for a full-ride scholarship to a Division I college, with a future in major-league baseball. But the mother fears that she's losing her grip on her son because he's being...
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Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
[2005].
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 640L
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English
Description
"A picture book biography highlighting a pivotal event in the childhood of African American baseball player Marcenia "Toni Stone" Lyle Alberga, the woman who broke baseball's gender barrier by becoming the first female roster member of a professional Negro League team"--Provided by publisher.
10) Fielder's choice
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Publisher
August House Publishers
Pub. Date
1991.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
950L
Language
English
Description
On trial for treason, Andrew Jackson Fielder looks back on his brief career as a major league pitcher, and his experiences as a Japanese prisoner of war
11) The short-stop
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Publisher
A.C. McClurg & Co
Pub. Date
1909.
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English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Chase relies on his talent and inner resources as he struggles to succeed as a professional baseball player.
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English
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"Jason Goodyear is the star outfielder for the Los Angeles Lions, stationed with the rest of his team in the punishingly hot Arizona desert for their annual spring training. Handsome, famous, and talented, Goodyear is nonetheless coming apart at the seams. And the coaches, writers, wives, girlfriends, petty criminals, and diehard fans following his every move are eager to find out why--as they hide secrets of their own. Humming with the energy of...
13) Squeeze play
Author
Series
Rookies volume 2
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1989.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Three Rosemont baseball rookies tear up the minor-league turf despite stiff competition, tight schedules, and tough living conditions.
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Publisher
Collier Books
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
"You Know me Al" is a classic of baseball--the game and the community. Jack Keefe, one of literature's greatest characters, is talented, brash, and conceited. Self-assured and imperceptive, impervious to both advice and sarcasm, Keefe rises to the heights, but his inability to learn makes for his undoing. Through a series of letters from this bush-league pitcher to his not-quite-anonymous friend Al, Lardner maintains a balance between the funny and...
16) Back in the game
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Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When former pitcher Rowdy Blanton hires Breeanne Carlyle to ghostwrite his memoir about his baseball career, she makes him want to be a better man, while she is drawn to him despite his bad boy reputation.
17) Jackie Robinson
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Series
Publisher
Checkmark Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Highlights the life and accomplishments of the first African American to play Major League baseball, including his childhood, his career as an MVP-award winning baseball player, and his role as a hero of the Civil Rights Movement.
Publisher
Pure Flix Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
After suffering a career ending knee injury, pro-baseball superstar Jimmy Easton (Dave Stone) returns to a place he has not been in a very long time home. Here, Jimmy confronts dark memories from a tragic past as he tries to make peace with a life he once left behind.
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Publisher
Liberty Street, an imprint of Time Inc. Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Lexile measure
IG 1000L
Language
English
Description
Highlights the careers of notable baseball players, including Josh Gibson, Jose Fernandez, Yogi Berra, Manny Ramirez, and Babe Ruth, dividing them into such categories as record breakers, prime pitchers, and cool characters.