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Pub. Date
2020.
Description
In this perfectly pitched novel-in-letters, autistic eleven-year-old Vivy Cohen won't let anything stop her from playing baseball--not when she has a major-league star as her pen pal. Vivy Cohen is determined. She's had enough of playing catch in the park. She's ready to pitch for a real baseball team. But Vivy's mom is worried about Vivy being the only girl on the team, and the only autistic kid. She wants Vivy to forget about pitching, but Vivy...
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He lived in the present tense--in the camera's lens. There was no frame he couldn't or wouldn't fill. He swung the heaviest bat, earned the most money, and incurred the biggest fines. Like all the new-fangled gadgets then flooding the marketplace--radios, automatic clothes washers, Brownie cameras, microphones and loudspeakers--Babe Ruth "made impossible events happen." Aided by his crucial partnership with Christy Walsh--business manager, spin doctor,...
6) Moneyball
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (133 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
8) Baseball
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Series
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
24 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.
Description
Provides a brief description of baseball, including its history and objectives.
Pub. Date
©1997
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1943, a washed-up ballplayer is hired to coach in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League while the male pros are at war. Reluctant at first, he finds himself drawn back into the game by the heart and heroics of his team. Based on a true story.
10) Knuckleball!
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"From acclaimed filmmakers Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg this heartfelt, funny and deeply engaging film delves into the legendary subculture of the knuckleball and the brotherhood of men who share the drive, imagination and humility to throw baseball's slowest, most disrespected pitch."--Container.
The definitive documentary about the impossible-to-hit pitch, the knuckleball.
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"The Tri-County Summer Solstice Celebration has come to town, and even among local artisans, athletes, and marching bands, Hannah attracts fans of her own while serving lip-smacking pink lemonade desserts. But the mood sours when a body turns up, leading revelers to wonder if the festivities mark both the longest day of the year and the deadliest. A retired professional MLB player has met a terrifying end and, considering the rumors swirling about...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
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Description
"The true story of John Meyers and Charles Bender, who in 1911 became the first two Native American pro baseball players to face off in a World Series, teaches important lessons about resilience, doing what you love in the face of injustice, and the fight for Native American representation in sports"--
18) One perfect lie
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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...
19) Angels walking
Author
Series
Angels walking volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"When former national baseball star Tyler Ames suffers a career-ending injury, all he can think about is putting his life back together the way it was before. He has lost everyone he loves on his way to the big leagues. Then just when things seem to be turning around, Tyler hits rock bottom. Across the country, Tyler's one true love Sami Dawson has moved on. A series of small miracles leads Tyler to a maintenance job at a retirement home and a friendship...
20) Mantle
Pub. Date
2006, c2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A case could be made, that no one in the history of sport ever fit a team, a town, and a time more perfectly than Mickey Mantle. From the early 1950s, into the 60s, "The Mick" was the quintessential American athlete, center fielder and centerpiece of the most dominant and visible team in sport: the New York Yankees. Fair-haired, innocent, indestructible. Despite constant nagging injuries, Mickey Mantle managed to hit 536 home runs, and he remains...
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