Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Fiction >> Sports & Recreation - Baseball & Softball

LITTLE LEFTY

A Matt Christopher Sports Classic

Bill Bailey is the smallest member of the Blackhawks baseball team, but he can throw harder than anyone else on the team, including the regular pitcher. After hearing stories about -Little Lefty, - a pint-sized pitcher who made the big leagues, Bill is determined to earn some playing time. But just when he's about to get his big break, he is sidelined by a freak accident. Will Bill finally get his chance to prove himself on the mound--or will his friend Larry persuade him to give up the game?

Brian is living every baseball kid's dream: he is a batboy for his hometown Major League team. Brian believes that it's the perfect thing to bring him and his big-leaguer dad closer together. And if that weren't enough, this is the season that Hank Bishop, Brian's baseball hero, returns to the Tigers for the comeback of a lifetime. The summer couldn't get much better Until Hank Bishop starts to show his true colors, and Brian learns that sometimes life throws...

Slide, Danny, Slide The exciting story of a boy's devotion to baseball and how he helped build a ball park and put a Little League team together. Danny finds that even after organizing the Hornets, things do not run smoothly, and friendships are split--Danny and his friends on one side and Chigger and his friends on the other.

Enjoy the hard-fought games and profit from the experiences of boys like Danny and his teammates. The inevitable outcome of the season's championship game will thrill all readers.

MATT CHRISTOPHER has...

Cooperstown Josh is thrilled when all his hard training pays off in a big way and his team, the Titans, makes it to a national tournament in Cooperstown, home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. More is on the line for Josh than just a trophy. Winning would mean everything to his dad--now Josh's coach. Winning could mean a major endorsement deal for the Titans and the attention of big league scouts

After a dirty play and a brutal injury threaten to sideline Josh, he spies suspicious activity at the tournament. He tries to tell his good friend Jaden about what he's seen, but...

In Home of the Brave, after the rousing success in New Orleans, Griffith, Ruby, and Graham are determined to beat the Chancellor at his own game and save their family as well as the game of baseball. Pulling into...

Record-breaking snowfalls in Rambletown have postponed Opening Day of the Rounders' baseball season three times As the team tries to "warm up" on the icy field, they welcome a new center fielder: Orlando Ramirez. He's as fast as a cheetah and catches everything--right before smashing into the outfield wall. Just like a crash-test dummy. The Rounders will need a miracle--or a really big shovel--to put the brakes on Orlando's collision course with the wall and this never-ending cold spell.

What would you do if you had a chance to save someone's life?

When Stosh gets hit on the head with a baseball, he's lucky to survive. Then he learns about another player who wasn't so lucky--Ray Chapman, the only player in major league history to get hit by a pitched ball and die.

Can Stosh use his time-traveling abilities to save Ray Chapman's life, and the reputation of the pitcher who threw the ball? He's going to try Along the way, he'll meet Babe Ruth, Tris Speaker, and even Harry Houdini. But when Stosh falls into a Houdini-level trap, the question isn't just whether he...

Kate is having the best summer a sports-loving eleven-year-old could possibly have. Baseball. Tennis. And to top it off, Kate has just started a three-week class where she's discovering a new love: poetry. Then comes the news that tears Kate's world apart. In her close-knit family, Kate has always felt God's love and protection. But how can she trust God now? Do sports or poetry matter when tragedy strikes? In Kate's darkest hour, her mother's faith shines its brightest, helping Kate to see that life is still beautiful and God is still good. Always, no matter what.