Skeeter is the best batter in the league but seems to be all thumbs when fielding or trying to make friends.

"For more than one hundred years, the home run has been the most exciting play in baseball. Read about the longest, strangest, and most important home runs in Major League Baseball history"-- Provided by publisher

Drawing on interviews with friends and family, as well as teammates and opponents, "New York Times"-bestselling author Leavy delivers the definitive account of one of the biggest talents and most tragic figures ever to play baseball--Mickey Mantle.

Amelia Bedelia, who knows very little about baseball, stands in for a sick player during a game.

When Mike pitches against the heavy-hitting Peach Street Mudders, the butterflies in his stomach feel more like dragons. The other team is good, and Mike starts to lose faith in his ability. Good thing he has a secret weapon in his dog, Harry. Can Harry help Mike pitch a no-hitter?

"Posnanski writes of major moments that created legends, and of forgotten moments almost lost to time. It's Willie Mays's catch, Babe Ruth's called shot, and Kirk Gibson's limping home run; the slickest steals; the biggest bombs; and the most triumphant no-hitters. But these are also moments raw with the humanity of the game, the unheralded heroes, the mesmerizing mistakes drenched in pine tar, and every story, from the immortal to the obscure, is...

"When Marvin moves to a new neighborhood, he wants nothing more than to join the local baseball team. After all, he loves playing baseball more than anything, and with his lucky baseball bat in hand, what could go wrong? But when that same lucky bat goes missing, Marvin completely loses his ability to play ball. Without it, he can't see how he'll ever live up to his baseball heroes. But even though he's lost his talent, Marvin might just find something...

Meat-eating dinosaurs face plant-eating dinosaurs in a baseball game.

Mr. Putter and his cat Tabby take time off from napping to play on the Yankee Doodle Dandies baseball team.

Lots of information about high school baseball, from practices to Hall of Fame introduction.