Hey Batta Batta Swing!
Hey Batta Batta Swing!

Author: Sally Cook

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2007-02-27

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 141691207X

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A look at the baseball from its beginnings to today.

Swing, Batta Batta, Swing!
Swing, Batta Batta, Swing!

Author: Sarah Plott

Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2023-03-13

Total Pages: 49

ISBN-13: 1685707319

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Baseball is life for Colton. Number seven was his lucky number. Hot summer nights and endless amounts of sunflower seeds in the dugout were the only ways Colton wanted to spend any of his free time. The weight of the bat gripped between his fingers, his hand in his glove, and the feel of the dirt were only a few things Colton loved about playing the game. He wanted to stay with his team, the Tornados, forever. He couldn't imagine anything else--well, until he got cut. The moment Colton heard the news, he had wanted to give up on everything. He was in shock. Disbelief. He felt lost. He didn't know what to do without baseball. Through an epic journey of self-discovery, overcoming obstacles, and learning what true failure is, Colton is faced with the difficult decision of what path he wants his future to take.

Swing Batta!
Swing Batta!

Author: Garret Mathews

Publisher: MSU Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13:

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When he wasn't writing a five-day-a-week column for the Evansville, Indiana, Courier & Press, Garret Mathews coached baseball players who weren't much taller than the equipment bag. In Swing Batta!, he chronicles his ten-year-old son Evan's season, beginning with tryouts and the player draft and ending with the post-season tournament. Mathews writes of seven-kid sleepovers, players who wear shower thongs to practice, and kids who go to McDonald's and say, "Give me four dollars' worth, please." Mathews's line-up features a player with cystic fibrosis who keeps an inhaler in his bat bag. One who went to a major-league game and hollered at the third-base umpire to give him a ball. One who pretends he's an ESPN highlight film. One who almost died in an automobile accident. And baby sisters getting loose on the outfield. And Evan wearing his catcher's equipment downtown after a game because he wanted everyone to know how he spent his morning. Writing their names in the dugout dirt. Asking for do-overs. Trying to get the warped popcorn popper ready for opening day. Mathews is strictly Minor League. And he couldn't be happier.