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From New York Times bestselling author Stephen King comes the haunting story of Blockade Billy , the greatest Major League baseball player to be erased from the game. 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...
2) Calico Joe
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English
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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
4) Swing
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Blink
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English
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"When America is not so beautiful, or right, or just, it can be hard to know what to do. Best friends Walt and Noah decide to use their voices to grow more good in the world, but first theyve got to find cool. Walt is convinced junior year is their year, and he has a plan to help them woo the girls of their dreams and become amazing athletes. Never mind that he and Noah failed to make the high school baseball team yet again, and Noahs love interest...
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English
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Daniel, Prince Wednesday, and Miss Elaina are playing at the park with Prince Tuesday. The group decides to play a game of animal ball, but Daniel can't seem to catch the ball. With some encouragement from Prince Tuesday, Daniel discovers that if he keeps trying, he will get better.
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Joey Pigza books volume 2
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English
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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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2020.
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English
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"The day Sam Waxworth arrives in New York to write for The Interviewer, a street-corner preacher declares that the world is coming to an end. A sports statistician, data journalist, and newly minted media celebrity who correctly forecasted every outcome of the 2008 election, Sam's familiar with predicting the future. But when projection meets reality, things turn complicated. Sam's editor sends him to profile disgraced political columnist Frank Doyle....
10) No relief
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Seventh-grader Javon is the relief pitcher for his summer league baseball team and they are in the championship tournament--trouble is there is one player on the team they are playing that he cannot seem to get out.
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English
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A Face in the Crowd: "Dean Evers, an elderly widow, sits in front of the television with nothing better to do than waste his leftover evenings watching baseball. It's Rays/Mariners, and David Price is breezing through the line-up. Suddenly, in a seat a few rows up beyond the batter, Evers sees the face of someone from decades past, someone who shouldn't be at the ballgame, shouldn't be on the planet. And so begins a parade of people from Ever's past,...
13) Safe at home
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Series
Comeback kids volume 3
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English
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Playing baseball was the one thing that made twelve-year-old Nick Crandall feel at home until he found acceptance with adoptive parents, but he faces a new struggle to fit in when he becomes the first seventh-grader ever to make the varsity baseball team
15) Baseball fever
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Series
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Treasure Bay
Pub. Date
c2003
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
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English
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
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22 pages, 10 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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The Berenstain Bears attend a baseball game where they cheer on their favorite team, enjoy the seventh-inning stretch, and chase fly balls.
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1998
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[32] p. : col. ill. ; 22 x 29 cm
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English
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Reginald is more interested in practicing his violin than in his father's job managing the worst team in the Negro Leagues, but when Papa makes him the bat boy and his music begins to lead the team to victory, Papa realizes the value of his son's passion
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Radio Spirits
Pub. Date
2004
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10 sound discs (10 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Yogi Berra is one of the greatest catchers and clutch hitters in the history of baseball. His heroics on the field and his humanitarian efforts made off it remain the stuff of legend. And his one-of-a-kind observations have fashioned him into an oft-quoted American folk hero - with such quips as "it's deja Vu all over again" and "A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore." Yogi's love for the game began when he was a boy in St. Louis, playing sandlot ball...
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