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Author
Publisher
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Language
English
Description
"Mike Torrez is remembered as the pitcher who gave up the infamous three-run homer to Bucky "Bleeping" Dent in the 1978 playoffs tie-breaker between the Red Sox and Yankees. This book covers Torrez's life and career as the winningest Mexican American pitcher in Major League history"--
2) Hot property
Author
Series
Hot zone volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
After he makes a costly mistake in the World Series, center fielder John Roper tries to get his life back on track with the aid of Hot Zone publicist Amy Stone, a project that is undermined by the constant intrusion of his family.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Part historical fiction, part memoir, this novel takes place over a 10-week period in the summer of 1956 in a small town in the mid-west. It is based on a true story of the social and athletic achievements of an eleven-man mixed-race baseball team, seven African-American, three Hispanics, and one Caucasian. Under the leadership of an aging charismatic African-American manager, the Brown Bombers tolerate the nearness of racism as part of the price...
4) The sandlot
Language
English
Formats
Description
The sandlot: In the early 1960s newcomer Scotty Smalls becomes part of a sandlot baseball team whose members share adventures, first kisses, and encounters with the dreaded beast and its owner who live behind the left field fence.
The sandlot 2: Ten years after the original story a new team tries to retrieve an irreplaceable model rocket that lands in Mr. Mertle's backyard behind left field.
The sandlot: heading home: An arrogant pro baseball player...
6) Derek Jeter
Author
Series
Publisher
Child's World
Pub. Date
�2001
Language
English
Description
Recounts the life and baseball career of the star shortstop for the New York Yankees.
Author
Publisher
Barbour Pub
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"Sometimes love throws a curveball. Megan O'Donnell has everything under control: her job as a physical therapist, single motherhood, and anything else life throws her way. She has to-- since her husband walked out on her and their son when Sammy was born with cerebral palsy - taking with him her trust in men and God, too. Resilient, Megan's heading up All-Stars Sports Day, an event for special needs kids like Sammy. But her planning meeting is hijacked...
