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

In Hills Brook County, every boy dreams of playing baseball on the Royals with the amazing Donnie Roberts...well, almost every boy. Tyler Hendricks and his friends have other plans. A new team, teh Angels, needs players. The task of finding these players falls in the most incapable hands. Errors are made, and the Angels become laden with the most unwanted players from tryouts. To make matters worse, their star coach trades himself to the Royals Facing bullies, sisters, fastballs, and each other, the Angels must unite if they want to avoid one stinky season. Luckily they have a secret...

What happens when a young baseball player, out of necessity, learns to pitch both right- and left-handed? This novelette explores his techniques and the challenges that erupt on and off the field when he becomes "ambi-disastrous" on the mound. Although written with a younger readership in mind, baseball fans of all ages find The Switch Pitcher thrilling, as they do with the five bonus short stories. Aldo Vidali, an 84-year-old collaborator of one of cinema's greatest directors: Federico Fellini, wrote a review of the first edition of The Switch Pitcher, and urged it be made into a motion...

From New York Times bestselling author and former NFL player Tim Green comes a riveting stand-alone football novel about being a leader and finding your inner strength. Perfect for fans of Mike Lupica.

When Ryan's estranged father unexpectedly dies, Ryan learns that he has inherited the Dallas Cowboys football team. With his new role as owner of this NFL team, Ryan has high hopes that he can be more than just a middle school misfit. Maybe he can even get off the bench and into the starting lineup of his own football team.

With the help of his friends...

From the same creative team that brought you The Night The World Turned Royal Blue comes the long awaited sequel thirty years in the making

The Year A Royal Dream Came True tells the story of the 2015 Kansas City Royals. A team destined for the crown ever since that flick of the bat by Salvador Perez in the 2014 AL Wild Card Game.

The magic that began then carried on, and led the boys in blue to ultimately hoisting the trophy and celebrating in royal fashion. They were welcomed home by 800,000 devoted fans that lined the streets of KC just to say thanks to their beloved...

A baseball short story for young readers. Long since forgotten, the 1925 World Series between the Washington Senators and Pittsburgh Pirates was one of the most exciting ever played. The story revolves around Tom, a black cat from Butler, Pennsylvania, who has been waiting sixteen years for his favorite baseball team, the Pittsburgh Pirates, to return to the World Series. Although black cats are notoriously associated with bad luck, Tom is a certified good luck cat who cannot wait to go to the Butler Radio Shop and listen to the radio broadcasts of the World Series games with other fans of...

Ballpark Mysteries are the all-star matchup of fun sleuthing and baseball action, perfect for readers of Ron Roy's A to Z Mysteries and Matt...

The Berenstain Bears are ready to cheer on their favorite baseball team in this new action-packed addition to the classic New York Times bestselling series.

The family enjoys everything the ball game has to offer, from the seventh-inning stretch to catching a fly ball. Papa even takes a shot as the team's mascot

The Berenstain Bears: We Love Baseball is a Level One I Can Read book, which means it's perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences.

When eight year old Gabriella asks the Little League coach if she can try out for the team, he tells her girls are not allowed, baseball is only for boys. With the help of her best friend Ana, Gabbie goes back to the coach dressed as a boy and makes the team. Although she feels bad for not telling her mother she is playing on the team pretending to be a boy, she is happy for the chance to prove she is just as good as the boys...until the big game. With her team losing by two runs and two outs in the last inning, Gabbie comes to the plate, afraid she will strike out and lose the game.

A baseball short story for young readers. Relive the excitement of the 1925 World Series between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Washington Senators with Tom, a black cat from Butler, Pennsylvania, as he overcomes adversity to help the Pittsburgh Pirates fight their way back from the brink of elimination to become World Series Champions for the second time in team history. Based on a true story.