"How far would you go to keep a promise? Dani and Eric have been best friends since Dani moved next door in second grade. They bond over donuts, comic books, Red Sox games, and camping on Cape Cod. But lately their friendship has started to feel a little, well, different. Dani tries out and makes the all-boys baseball team--something Eric isn't part of. Now that they're starting sixth grade, Eric--who has a history of dropping things he starts--decides...

Henry Granville, who loves baseball, teaches his son Danny all about the game, and Danny turns out to be a baseball phenom. He makes it to the majors, but the pressures of celebrity could ruin his life as well as his father's.

"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"--Title verso page.

"J.C. is excited to join the new baseball team at the community center and show off his pitching skills, but his enthusiasm turns to disappointment when Vicky is chosen to take the mound first"--WorldCat.