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Author: Jace Frederick
Publisher: North Star Editions, Inc.
Published: 2019-01-01
Total Pages: 121
ISBN-13: 1634940644
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBaseball’s New Wave gives readers a front-row seat to this transition from one generation to the next, with pages full of information about these players, where they came from, and what makes them stand out.
Author: Mark Stewart
Publisher: Lerner Publications
Published: 2000-01-01
Total Pages: 56
ISBN-13: 9780761315209
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA biography of the hard-working short stop for the Boston Red Sox who was the American League Rookie of the Year in 1997.
Author: Matt Doeden
Publisher: Millbrook Press ™
Published: 2014-01-01
Total Pages: 68
ISBN-13: 1467750212
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBaseball has long been dubbed America's national pastime. When the top teams face off in the World Series each season, team legacies and fans' hearts are on the line. Author Matt Doeden covers the century-long history of the World Series, from its humble beginnings to becoming a worldwide sensation. Discover the drama behind the statistics and record books that keeps the crowd enthralled!
Author: Ben Lindbergh
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2019-06-04
Total Pages: 428
ISBN-13: 1541698959
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMove over, Moneyball -- this New York Times bestseller examines major league baseball's next cutting-edge revolution: the high-tech quest to build better players. As bestselling authors Ben Lindbergh and Travis Sawchik reveal in The MVP Machine, the Moneyball era is over. Fifteen years after Michael Lewis brought the Oakland Athletics' groundbreaking team-building strategies to light, every front office takes a data-driven approach to evaluating players, and the league's smarter teams no longer have a huge advantage in valuing past performance. Lindbergh and Sawchik's behind-the-scenes reporting reveals: How undersized afterthoughts José Altuve and Mookie Betts became big sluggers and MVPs How polarizing pitcher Trevor Bauer made himself a Cy Young contender How new analytical tools have overturned traditional pitching and hitting techniques How a wave of young talent is making MLB both better than ever and arguably worse to watch Instead of out-drafting, out-signing, and out-trading their rivals, baseball's best minds have turned to out-developing opponents, gaining greater edges than ever by perfecting prospects and eking extra runs out of older athletes who were once written off. Lindbergh and Sawchik take us inside the transformation of former fringe hitters into home-run kings, show how washed-up pitchers have emerged as aces, and document how coaching and scouting are being turned upside down. The MVP Machine charts the future of a sport and offers a lesson that goes beyond baseball: Success stems not from focusing on finished products, but from making the most of untapped potential.
Author: Mark Stewart
Publisher: Lerner Publications
Published: 2001-01-01
Total Pages: 54
ISBN-13: 9780761322719
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents a biography of the hard-working first baseman for the Colorado Rockies who was the National League All-Star in 2000.
Author: Jon M. Fishman
Publisher: Lerner Publications ™
Published: 2018-08-01
Total Pages: 35
ISBN-13: 1541537629
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAaron Judge broke a thirty-year-old MLB record and won the home run derby—as a rookie. And he shows no signs of slowing down. Sports fans will love this high-action book about one of baseball's newest stars.
Author: Rajani LaRocca
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2021-06-15
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 149981223X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Much Ado About Baseball is the best children's book I've read in the past 10 years!" -Brad Thor, New York Times bestselling author of the Scot Harvath series "A moving tale of baseball, magic, and former rivals who come together to solve a problem." -Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW In this companion novel to Midsummer's Mayhem, math and baseball combine with savory snacks to cause confusion and calamity in the town of Comity. Twelve-year-old Trish can solve tough math problems and throw a mean fastball. But because of her mom's new job, she's now facing a summer trying to make friends all over again in a new town. That isn't an easy thing to do, and her mom is too busy to notice how miserable she is. But at her first baseball practice, Trish realizes one of her teammates is Ben, the sixth-grade math prodigy she beat in the spring Math Puzzler Championships. Everyone around them seems to think that with their math talent and love of baseball, it's only logical that Trish and Ben become friends, but Ben makes it clear he still hasn't gotten over that loss and can't stand her. To make matters worse, their team can't win a single game. But then they meet Rob, an older kid who smacks home runs without breaking a sweat. Rob tells them about his family's store, which sells unusual snacks that will make them better ballplayers. Trish is dubious, but she's willing to try almost anything to help the team. When a mysterious booklet of math puzzles claiming to reveal the "ultimate answer" arrives in her mailbox, Trish and Ben start to get closer and solve the puzzles together. Ben starts getting hits, and their team becomes unstoppable. Trish is happy to keep riding the wave of good luck . . . until they get to a puzzle they can't solve, with tragic consequences. Can they find the answer to this ultimate puzzle, or will they strike out when it counts the most?
Author: Fran Zimniuch
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 2018-08-01
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 1496210042
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen Major League Baseball first expanded in 1961 with the addition of the Los Angeles Angels and the Washington Senators, it started a trend that saw the number of franchises almost double, from sixteen to thirty, while baseball attendance grew by 44 percent. The story behind this staggering growth, told for the first time in Baseball’s New Frontier, is full of twists and unexpected turns, intrigue, and, in some instances, treachery. From the desertion of New York by the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants to the ever-present threat of antitrust legislation, from the backroom deals and the political posturing to the impact of the upstart Continental League, the book takes readers behind the scenes and into baseball’s decision-making process. Fran Zimniuch gives a lively team-by-team chronicle of how the franchises were awarded, how existing teams protected their players, and what the new teams’ winning (or losing) strategies were. With its account of great players, notable characters, and the changing fortunes of teams over the years, the book supplies a vital chapter in the history of Major League Baseball.
Author: Jaime Winters
Publisher: Baseball Source
Published: 2015-02-28
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780778718673
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDo you know who invented baseball? Who won the first world series? Find the answers to these questions and more in this book chronicling the historic triumphs and challenges of the sport.
Author: Brian Mahoney
Publisher: North Star Editions, Inc.
Published: 2019-09-01
Total Pages: 111
ISBN-13: 1634940881
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBasketball’s New Wave gives readers a front-row seat to this transition from one generation to the next, with pages full of information about these players, where they came from, and what makes them stand out.
