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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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True is a probing, richly-detailed, unique biography of Jackie Robinson, one of baseball's―and America's―most significant figures.
For players, fans, managers, and executives, Jackie Robinson remains baseball's singular figure, the person who most profoundly extended, and continues to extend, the reach of the game. Beyond Ruth. Beyond Clemente. Beyond Aaron. Beyond the heroes of today. Now, a half-century since Robinson's death, letters
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Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Offers a look at the professional accomplishments and personal struggles of the noted pitcher, including the discrimination he experienced as one of the only Jews in the game and the injury that caused him to retire at the peak of his career.
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Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
xix, 339 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"A biography of Wally Yonamine, the first ethnic Japanese pro football player in the United States and the first American to play professional baseball in Japan"--
65) Swinging at love
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English
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Outfielder Tristan Murrell has a problem. As the number two slugger for the Suttonville Sentinels, his team is counting on him to make their very first run at the state championship. But he has a secret-- his swing has totally deserted him. As in, he can't hit anything. He needs to fix the issue, and fast, but how? Ballerina Alyssa Kaplan has a problem, too. The shiny new sports complex in town has left her family's batting cage business on the verge...
68) Soul of the game
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
1996.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The film features the story of three famous baseball players of the 40s, when for the first time a black player took the field.
"In 1945, the world of baseball is divided between the Majors and the Negro League--but the time has come for change. One team will be the first to sign a black player. Only one player will be the first to take the field. The Brooklyn Dodgers want to make the deal that will make history. But the man they choose will be more...
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Publisher
Sports Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xii, 300 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Major League Baseball began with the founding of the National League in 1876. In the 145 seasons since then, one season stands out as unique for the astounding nature of hitting: 1930. Freedman shares anecdotes about those players that excelled in 1930, and only 1930. More than ninety years later, 1930 offers insight into a season that still stands the test of time for batting excellence"--
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English
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With 363 victories, Warren Spahn is the winningest left-handed pitcher in baseball history. During his 21-year career, Spahn won 20+ games thirteen times, was a 17-time All Star, a Cy Young–award winner, and was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973. In addition, Spahn was also a war hero, serving in World War II and awarded the Purple Heart.
To say Spahn lived a storied life is an understatement.
In Warren Spahn, author Lew Freedman...
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Series
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Arte Pb͠lico Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
x, 196 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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"Ex-con and private investigator Gus Corral finds himself involved with Cuban gangsters after being hired by the Denver Rockies all-star center fielder, Joaqun Kino Machaco, to help with a personal problem that involves a trip to the ballplayers native Havana."--Provided by publisher.
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English
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Early in the twentieth century, fate thrust a young Babe Ruth into the gleaming orbit of Ty Cobb. The resulting collision produced a dazzling explosion and a struggle of mythic magnitude. At stake was not just baseball dominance, but eternal glory and the very soul of a sport. For much of fourteen seasons, the Cobb-Ruth rivalry occupied both men and enthralled a generation of fans. Even their retirement from the ball diamond didn't extinguish it.
On...
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Publisher
Blue River Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
116 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Roberto Clemente became a baseball icon because of his talent and compassion, and how he overcame prejudices. He was drafted from Puerto Rico, where he spoke Spanish, when he was just eighteen. At first fans laughed at his Spanish accent and some even disliked him for the color of his skin. Roberto worked hard to prove his critics wrong and improve his baseball skills. He became one of the game's greatest hitters while he played for the Pittsburgh...
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Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
xi, 290 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
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"Pete Rose was a legend on the field. As baseball's Hit King, he shattered a number of hitting records that may never be broken. And during the 1970s, he was the leader of the Big Red Machine, the Cincinnati Reds teams that dominated the game. But he's also the greatest player who may never make the Hall of Fame because of his lifetime ban from the sport. Perhaps no other athlete's story is so representative of the triumphs and tragedies of our national...
Author
Publisher
Jump at the Sun/Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
88 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Using an "everyman" player as his narrator, Kadir Nelson tells the story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through the decline after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947.
79) Growing up Pedro
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Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
39 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Before Pedro Martínez pitched the Red Sox to a World Series championship, before he was named to the All-Star team eight times, before he won the Cy Young Award three times, he was a kid from a place called Manoguayabo in the Dominican Republic. Pedro loved baseball more than anything, and his older brother Ramón was the best pitcher he'd ever seen. He dreamed of the day he and his brother could play together in the major leagues. This is the story...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xiii, 350 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Revealing and little-known stories of the great Yankees Hall of Famer from the man who knew him best in the last ten years of his life -- from Ted Williams and his Yankees teammates on the field to Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, and other great celebrities off the field--
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