baseball

Looks at the Major League Baseball (MLB).

"Right fielder Mookie Betts is the only player in MLB history to win a Gold Glove, Silver Slugger, AL MVP and the World Series in one season. Read about why he changed positions from second base to outfield, how he trains, and more"--Provided by publisher.

In interwoven narratives, a young girl and her mother support one another as one tries out for the baseball team and the other interviews for a bricklaying job, then celebrate their success together.

Looks at the friendship between baseball players Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.

"We are in a historic era for the home run. The 2017 season saw the most homers ever, with 2016 and 2018 close behind, a shift that has transformed the way the game is played. . . Wall Street Journal national baseball writer Jared Diamond reveals that the secret behind this unprecedented shift isn't steroids or the stitching of the baseballs, it's the most elemental explanation of all: the swing. [Diamond] . . . tracks a group of baseball's biggest stars-- including Aaron Judge and J.D. Martinez--who remade their swings under the tutelage of a band of renegade coaches, and remade the game of baseball in the process"--Provided by publisher.

"Combining behavioral science and interviews with executives, managers, and players, Keith Law analyzes baseball???s biggest decision making successes and failures, looking at how gambles and calculated risks of all sizes and scales have shaped the sport, and how the game???s ongoing data revolution is rewriting decades of accepted decision making. In the process, he explores questions that have long been debated, from whether throwing harder really increases a player???s risk of serious injury to whether teams actually ???overvalue??? trade prospects"--Goodreads.

Cousins Mike and Kate investigate after someone threatens to tamper with the scoreboard right before the Colorado Rockies' season opener.

Introduces the Negro Leagues of baseball, highlighting the players, coaches, owners, and teams that dominated the leagues during the 1930s and 1940s.

When they go on a field trip to a pop-up museum sponsored by the National Baseball Hall of Fame, eight-year-old twins Zach and Zoe discover an empty display case and with the help of their friends, they figure out what happened.

"When the stakes are high, some players seize the moment and make themselves legends. From pitching heroics in Game 7 of the World Series to pennant-clinching home runs, some of baseball's greatest moments are chronicled"--Provided by publisher.