Ben and his friends, the Core Four Plus One, are so excited to play in their town's All-Star Baseball league. But in the first game of the season Ben gets hit by a pitch. It's never happened to him before and it shakes him up. Another player on Ben's team, Justin, is acting really weirdly. Ben has known Justin for a while and they're friendly but he's not one of Ben's closest "boys." Justin is the team's best hitter but his behavior on and off the...

Who's Number 1? It's every sports fan's biggest question. In Top 10 Home Run Hitters, readers get a chance to meet the best long-ball sluggers ever--then it's up to them to decide who tops the list. Stats, stories, and facts help each reader have their own opinion. The book features home run heroes from yesterday and today. Outstanding photography, fact-packed sidebars and captions, a table of contents, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research,...

Statistics, stories, and historical details help the reader to decide which baseball player is the greatest hitter ever.

Baseball player José Mendez worries about his poor performance with the bat and fears disappointing his father, a former ballplayer with an outstanding batting average.

Offers biographical sketches of some of baseball's greatest batters, from Honus Wagner in the early years of the century to Willie Mays, whose career spanned the years 1951 to 1973.

Provides some of the most creative baseball hitting drills and techniques for the youth player. Coach Marty Schupak has compiled some of the most productive and useful drills he has used over his 16-year youth baseball coaching career.