Moving to Hillcrest, Ohio, when his adoptive father accepts a temporary job, twelve-year-old Jeremiah, a heart transplant recipient, has sixty days to find a baseball team to coach.
Jalen DeLuca can analyze and predict almost exactly what a pitcher is going to pitch, but without the statistics he has on the pro players, Jalen finds success to be extremely challenging, especially with all the extra drama of his mom coming back into his life.
"A coming of age story set in historic and diverse Montreal, where a young Jewish boy dreams of a brighter future just as Jackie Robinson is making history with baseball's Montreal Royals."--Provided by publisher.
Loosely based on Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing," twelve-year-olds Trish and Ben should be automatic friends because they both play baseball on a Little League team in Comity, Massachusetts, and they both love solving math puzzles, but obstacles stand in their way.
Bill Bailey, who is the smallest member of the Blackhawks' baseball team, really wants to be a pitcher, but after being temporarily sidelined by a freak accident, he must decide whether to prove himself on the mound or listen to his friend Larry and give up the game.
A series of setbacks have Stan Martin considering whether or not to continue playing baseball, but a mysterious note inspires him to stay with the game and to set his sights on winning the second base position.