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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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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 books. Even his team is long forgotten, barely a footnote in the game's history. Every effort was made to erase any evidence that William Blakely played professional...
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Language
English
Description
The friendship of a Jewish rabbi and a Catholic altar boy in 1940s Brooklyn. The rabbi, a Czech who fled the Nazis on the eve of World War II, teaches the boy Judaism while the boy, who is Irish, teaches the rabbi English and baseball. When anti-Semitic hoods attack the rabbi the boy goes to his defense.
Author
Series
Mickey Rawlings mysteries volume 4
Language
English
Description
It's 1920, and perennial 25th man Mickey Rawlings has found a spot on the Detroit roster with a .250 average and 20 stolen bases. Unfortunately that doesn't exempt him from being put in a lineup for murder.
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Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
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The spring of '53 started out like any other for sports columnist Jack Hall, as he and the rest of his small southern town, Whitney, eagerly awaited the magical first pitch that would open the Bobcat's season. But when ticket sales wane with the new distractions of air conditioning and I Love Lucy, the Bobcats face an early end not only to the season but to their careers as well. The team needs a white knight to save them and ironically, that white
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Series
Mickey Rawlings mysteries volume 5
Language
English
Description
The lazy days of June, 1921, are dark ones for baseball fans as the trial of the Chicago "Black Sox" players accused of throwing the 1919 World Series begins. But utility infielder Mickey Rawlings thinks he has something to cheer about--playing for the team that won that series, the Cincinnati Reds. Until he gets embroiled in a mix of conspiracy, lies, and murder that could end his career--and his life.
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
While obtaining a Western education at a prestigious Japanese boarding school in 1890, sixteen-year-old Toyo also receives traditional samurai training which has profound effects on both his baseball game and his relationship with his father.
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Series
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Description
Teenager Biddy Owens' 1948 journal about working for the Birmingham Black Barons includes the games and the players, racism the team faces from New Orleans to Chicago, and his family's resistance to his becoming a professional baseball player. Includes a historical note about the evolution of the Negro Leagues.
11) Mudball
Author
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 590L
Language
English
Description
During a rainy Minneapolis Millers baseball game in 1903, Little Andy Oyler has the chance to become a hero by hitting the shortest and muddiest home run in history.
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Language
English
Description
Sam Fowler, returning to San Francisco on Amtrak after burying his father in Cleveland, steps off the train when it makes an unscheduled stop and finds he has traveled back in time to 1869 where he joins the Cincinnati Red Stockings, baseball's first all-professional team, and makes a new life for himself in post-Civil War America.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, thirteen-year-old Tetsu and his family are sent to the Gila River Relocation Center in Arizona where a fellow prisoner starts a baseball team, but when Tetsu's sister becomes ill and he feels responsible, he stops playing.
15) Fields apart
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"On the last day of eighth grade, Millie Bauer receives a package from her brother, George, who is serving overseas in the Army. Minutes later a telegram arrives notifying the family that he is missing in action. Having already lost her father to an accident, Millie learns to navigate challenging emotions through her love of baseball, her seemingly unnatural pitching talent, and friendship. Later recruited by the All-American Girls Professional Baseball...
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