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41) Chicago Cubs
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Presents a history of the Chicago Cubs, profiling legends and star players of today, and details team facts and statistics.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Tracing their roots to the nations capital, the Minnesota Twins shrugged off the losing ways of the Washington Senators when they relocated in 1961 and became one of the American Leagues top teams in the next decade. Later, they won two World Series and built a strong young team that saved baseball in Minnesota. From the legends of the game to todays superstars, get to know the players who've made the Twins one of MLBs top teams through the years....
43) The pitcher
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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The Pitcher is, a classic story of baseball, the price of dreams, and the lessons of life. A mythic baseball story about a broken down World Series Pitcher is mourning over the death of his wife and an underprivileged Mexican-American boy who lives across the street and wants to learn to pitch. This is a mainstream contemporary novel about dreams lost and found. In the great tradition of books like, The Natural. This is a novel with the mythic themes,...
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English
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"This fully illustrated history tells the story of women's first "league of their own," the All-American Girl's Professional Baseball League (1943-1954), as told through the engaging voices of the people who knew it best: the players! Author Anika Orrock has collected a range of funny, charming, wince-worthy and heart-warming vignettes as told by the players themselves from their various experiences playing in the AAGBPL, from the very first tryouts...
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English
Description
What's a 16-year-old boy to do when he learns that his stepmother and a local judge have murdered his father and now plan to kill him, too? Well, when it's 1906, and you can play pretty good second base, you join a barn-storming baseball team making its way across Kansas. It also helps that the team is the Kansas City National Bloomer Girls. After all, who'd look for a runaway boy disguised as a girl on a women's team that competes against town teams...
46) The closer
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Mariano Rivera never dreamed of becoming a professional athlete. He didn't grow up collecting baseball cards, playing Little League, or cheering on his home team at the World Series. He had never heard of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, or Mickey Mantle. One day, that all changed. From a childhood playing pickup games in Panama to an epic career with the New York Yankees, Mariano's rise to greatness has been anything but ordinary. He's the guy...
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English
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A brand new edition of the finalist for the 2008 Casey Award, presented annually to the best baseball book, 101 Baseball Places to See Before You Strike Out profiles America's greatest baseball museums, shrines, sports bars, pop culture landmarks and ballpark sites. From sandlots and skyboxes to TV rooms and sports bars, America's love for baseball has inspired countless memories, discussions, and tributes. Josh Pahigian takes us across America to...
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English
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Raised in the Dominican Republic, signed by the Seattle Mariners, and released by the Minnesota Twins, David Ortiz landed in baseball-crazy Boston, of all places. Generally regarded as an underachiever to that point in his career, Ortiz blossomed into one of the most feared and adored sluggers in baseball while altering the course of the game's history, helping Boston win its first World Series in eighty-six years and thereby breaking the infamous...
49) Baseball blowup
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Malcolm loves baseball and science, but his teammates are not always pleased with the ideas he comes up with--until he uses science to come up with a winning pitch, the knuckleball.
51) Baseball
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Baseball may have originally come from the European sport of cricket. Today, 30 Major League Baseball (MLB) teams compete each year to win the World Series Championship. Learn more in Baseball, a For the Love of
Sports book. Each title in the For the Love of Sports series features easy-to-read text, stunning visuals, and a challenging educational activity. A unique book code printed on page 2 unlocks multimedia content. These books come alive with...
53) Boston Red Sox
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents the history of the Red Sox, covering the beginnings of the franchise, the greatest and lowest moments of the team, and the best players and managers.
54) Trophy night
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Series
Little Rhino volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"After each baseball season, the league holds a huge party to celebrate and honor all of the teams. Even though the Mustangs had a great year, Rhino is worried that he's not going to get any of the awards. But after showing he can be a great teammate on and off the field, he is happily surprised"--Provided by publisher.
56) World series
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
The World Series is the championship competition played between the two top Major League Baseball (MLB) teams. Each year, this competition decides which team will become the MLB champion. Learn more about this fascinating championship in World Series, a title in the We Are the Champions series. We Are the Champions is a series of AV2 media enhanced books. Each title in the series features easy-to-read text,
stunning visuals, and a challenging educational...
57) Heavy hitters
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Series
Game changers volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
Preparing for his first all-star baseball game, Ben finds his confidence shaken when he is hit by a pitch and by the increasingly erratic behavior of his teammate, Justin, whose parents are going through a divorce.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Documents the story of the Baseball Hall of Fame honorees, tracing how the Acerra family of New Jersey formed their own semi-pro baseball team in the 1930s and became the longest-running all-brother team in history.
59) Baseball buzz
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Jackson loves baseball, but a bee in the outfield causes him to miss a fly ball, and the game is stopped until the bee finally departs.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Inside MLB profiles each of the 30 franchises in Major League Baseball. Philadelphia Phillies is a beginner's history of the Phillies, covering the beginnings of the franchise, the greatest and lowest moments of the team, and the best players and managers. Fun facts, anecdotes, and sidebars round out the story of each club, allowing your readers to get Inside MLB! SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing.
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