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2) Calico Joe
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In this novel, the careers of a golden boy rookie hitter for the Cubs and a hard-hitting Mets pitcher take very different paths. The baseball is thrilling, but it is what happens off the field that makes this story a classic.
3) Swindle
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After unscrupulous collector S. Wendell Palamino cons him out of a valuable baseball card, sixth-grader Griffin Bing puts together a band of misfits to break into Palomino's heavily guarded store and steal the card back, planning to use the money to finance his father's failing invention, the SmartPick fruit picker.
7) Grand slam
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Young baseball genius Jalen DeLuca can analyze and predict nearly every move a pitcher is going to make, and this ability helped him save Yankee baseman James "JY" Yager's career. Now with JY injured, Jalen is focusing on his own youth team's upcoming tournament, hoping to prove in it that he someday belongs in the major leagues. Then, his estranged mom comes back into his life, complicating and making him busier than he ever imagined he could be....
8) Hardball
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When baseball team captain and bully Wade starts hazing his cousin, Griffin stands up to Wade, possibly ruining his chances at a baseball scholarship. Steroids are found in Griffin's locker and he is going to be kicked off the team--unless he can prove they aren't his.
11) Double play
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When New York Yankee James "JY" Yager tries to show that he can still hit in the majors without the help of twelve-year-old Jalen's baseball genius, Jalen focuses on his own baseball career as he tries to carve out a spot with the Rockton Rockets.
13) Honus and me
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Joey, who loves baseball but is not very good at it, finds a valuable 1909 Honus Wagner card and travels back in time to meet Honus.
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"Traces the ... story of Merl Eberly and his Clarinda A's baseball team, which he tended over the course of five decades, transforming them from a town team to a collegiate summer league powerhouse. Along with Ozzie Smith, future manager Bud Black, and star player Von Hayes, Merl developed scores of major league players (six of which are currently playing). In the process, Merl taught them to be men, insisting on hard work, integrity, and responsibility"--Dust...
20) Soar
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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.