Seventeen-year-old Chase relies on his talent and inner resources as he struggles to succeed as a professional baseball player.

Ted is embarrassed by his unusual grandmother but when she takes him to a ballgame and helps him catch a home run ball, he decides she's pretty cool after all.

Kristy is very busy and the new sponser for the baseball team put DIAPERS in huge, red letters on the uniforms. Maybe the new girl on the block can help her.

"Owen Cross grew up with two loves: one a game, the other a girl. One of those loves ruined him. Now he's counting on the other to save him. Baseball always came easy for Owen Cross. His innate talents were honed beneath the stiff hand of a father who wanted nothing more than for his son to succeed where he had failed. The girl was a little more complicated. Owen loved Micky Dullahan from the first time they met, on a lonely hill overlooking the depressed...

"Eleven-year-old cousins who are closer than most brothers, catcher Liam McGrath and pitcher Carter Jones grew up playing baseball together. Now, their team is on the verge of winning the greatest championship of all: the Little League Baseball World Series. To reach the title match, however, they must first beat their number one rivals from Southern California. Little do they know that the game will prove to be just the first challenge they'll face...

When Brother sees his cousin Fred praying before their baseball game, he decides to give it a try, but he is disappointed when he strikes out anyway.

Seth faces a strain on his friendship with Jimmy, who is both a baseball champion and something of an irresponsible fool, when Jimmy is kicked off the team.

"BAl and his teammates on the Carter High baseball team are faced with an important decision when their rivals for the state finals are held up by road work and show up for their match after the umpire has already called a forfeit." --back cover.

While on the disabled list and with his replacement hitting a winning streak, left-fielder Danny O'Brien wants one of batboy Chad's "magic" baseball cards to get back in the game.

Formerly the worst hitter on the team, Chad Griffin's hitting definitely improves when a major-league all-star coaches his team, but then the sixth-grader discovers something very disturbing about the coach.