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Author : Charles C. Euchner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781402206610
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (66 download)
Download or read book Little League, Big Dreams written by Charles C. Euchner and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time ever, a revealing look into the Little League and its World Series.
Author : Charles Euchner
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1402248342
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Little League, Big Dreams written by Charles Euchner and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-07-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's just like the pros: bright lights, screaming fans, squawking commentators and five million people watching you play your heart out on national television for the right to be called champions. But these are not pampered multimillion-dollar athletes; they are 11- to 13-year-old kids. The 2005 World Series was the most dramatic in the 58-year history of the Little League. With full access to the players, coaches and parents associated with both teams who played in that game, Charles Euchner delivers an astonishing and dramatic narrative that delves into every aspect of the little league game. "Even those with only a passing interest in baseball will be intrigued by this fascinating look at Little League, 'the largest amateur sports organization in the world.'" —Publishers Weekly "Readers can expect to learn a great deal about the history of Little League and the stories behind many teams. This well-written book will inform and entertain." —Library Journal
Author : Charles Euchner
Publisher : Sourcebooks
ISBN 13 : 9781402210426
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (14 download)
Download or read book Little League, Big Dreams written by Charles Euchner and published by Sourcebooks. This book was released on 2007-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time ever, a revealing look into the Little League and its World Series.
Author : Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Publisher : Frances Lincoln Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 1786037629
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (86 download)
Download or read book Astrid Lindgren written by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and published by Frances Lincoln Children's Books. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover how Astrid Lindgren grew up to become one of the world's best-loved authors, and the creator of the irresistible Pippi Longstocking.
Author : David Ortiz
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312383442
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (834 download)
Download or read book Big Papi written by David Ortiz and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-04 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boston Red Sox and All-Star David Ortiz, a.k.a. Big Papi, opens up on life and the Big Leagues in this dramatic and compelling rags-to-riches story of a baseball dream coming true.
Author : Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Publisher : Frances Lincoln Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 0711246939
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (112 download)
Download or read book Billie Jean King written by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and published by Frances Lincoln Children's Books. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the inspiring life of Billie Jean King, the tennis star who has dedicated her life to breaking barriers both on and off the tennis court. Billie Jean began playing tennis at the age of 11. After one of her first tennis lessons, she told her mother, "I'm going to be No. 1 in the world," a title she would come to hold five times between 1966 and 1972. Twenty years later, she is still today considered one of the most successful women in sports history. This moving book features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of the amazing sportswoman's life. Little People, BIG DREAMS is a best-selling series of books and educational games that explore the lives of outstanding people, from designers and artists to scientists and activists. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream. This empowering series offers inspiring messages to children of all ages, in a range of formats. The board books are told in simple sentences, perfect for reading aloud to babies and toddlers. The hardcover versions present expanded stories for beginning readers. Boxed gift sets allow you to collect a selection of the books by theme. Paper dolls, learning cards, matching games, and other fun learning tools provide even more ways to make the lives of these role models accessible to children. Inspire the next generation of outstanding people who will change the world with Little People, BIG DREAMS!
Author : Dirk Hayhurst
Publisher : Kensington Books
ISBN 13 : 0806531436
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (65 download)
Download or read book The Bullpen Gospels written by Dirk Hayhurst and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A minor league pitcher deals with both the lighter and darker sides of a life at the edge of the pro ranks where he refuses to quit and eventually finds himself playing for the league championship.
Author : Brett H. Mandel
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803282322
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (823 download)
Download or read book Minor Players, Major Dreams written by Brett H. Mandel and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author follows the Ogden Raptors, a recreational-league baseball team, for one season, attempting to get inside the heads of players, coaches, and managers
Author : Chris Lamb
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496231120
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)
Download or read book Stolen Dreams written by Chris Lamb and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2022-04 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the eleven- and twelve-year-olds on the Cannon Street YMCA All-Star team registered for a baseball tournament in Charleston, South Carolina, in June 1955, it put the team and the forces of integration on a collision course with segregation, bigotry, and the southern way of life. White teams refused to take the field with the Cannon Street All-Stars, the first Black Little League team in South Carolina. The Cannon Street team won the tournament by forfeit and advanced to the state tournament. When all the white teams withdrew in protest, the Cannon Street team won the state tournament. If the team had won the regional tournament in Rome, Georgia, it would have advanced to the Little League World Series. But Little League officials ruled the team ineligible to play in the tournament because it had advanced by winning on forfeit and not on the field, denying the boys their dream of playing in the Little League World Series. Little League Baseball invited the Cannon Street All-Stars to be the organization’s guests at the World Series, where they heard spectators yell, “Let them play! Let them play!” when the ballplayers were introduced. This became a national story for a few weeks but then faded and disappeared as Americans read of other civil rights stories, including the torture and murder of fourteen-year-old Emmett Till. Stolen Dreams is the story of the Cannon Street YMCA All-Stars and of the early civil rights movement. It’s also the story of centuries of bigotry in Charleston, South Carolina—where millions of enslaved people were brought to this country and where the Civil War began, where segregation remained for a century after the war ended and anyone who challenged it did so at their own risk.
Author : Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Publisher : Frances Lincoln Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 0711257833
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (112 download)
Download or read book Megan Rapinoe written by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and published by Frances Lincoln Children's Books. This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Megan Rapinoe, the world record–breaking soccer player and activist. Growing up in Redding, California, Megan discovered her calling chasing a ball on the school playground. Even if she didn’t always fit in at school, she was a star on the field—and her teammates thought so too. Her passion, skill and leadership took Team USA to Olympic Gold and a World Cup victory, while she continues to champion women’s and LGBTQ+ rights and representation in sports, in the US and across the world. This inspiring book features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of the US co-captain’s life. Little People, BIG DREAMS is a best-selling series of books and educational games that explore the lives of outstanding people, from designers and artists to scientists and activists. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream. This empowering series offers inspiring messages to children of all ages, in a range of formats. The board books are told in simple sentences, perfect for reading aloud to babies and toddlers. The hardcover versions present expanded stories for beginning readers. Boxed gift sets allow you to collect a selection of the books by theme. Paper dolls, learning cards, matching games, and other fun learning tools provide even more ways to make the lives of these role models accessible to children. Inspire the next generation of outstanding people who will change the world with Little People, BIG DREAMS!
Author : Michael Tackett
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0544386396
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (443 download)
Download or read book The Baseball Whisperer written by Michael Tackett and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2016-07-05 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Field of Dreams was only superficially about baseball. It was really about life. So is The Baseball Whisperer . . . with the added advantage of being all true.” —MLB.com From an award-winning journalist, this is the story of a legendary coach and the professional-caliber baseball program he built in America's heartland, where boys would come summer after summer to be molded into ballplayers—and men. Clarinda, Iowa, population 5,000, sits two hours from anything. There, between the cornfields and hog yards, is a ball field with a bronze bust of a man named Merl Eberly, who specialized in second chances and lost causes. The statue was a gift from one of Merl’s original long-shot projects, a skinny kid from the Los Angeles ghetto who would one day become a beloved Hall-of-Fame shortstop: Ozzie Smith. The Baseball Whisperer traces the “deeply engrossing” story (Booklist, starred review) 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. In the process, he taught them to be men, insisting on hard work, integrity, and responsibility. More than a book about ballplayers in the nation’s agricultural heartland, The Baseball Whisperer is the story of a coach who put character and dedication first, reminding us of the best, purest form of baseball excellence. “Mike Tackett, talented journalist and baseball lover, has hit the sweet spot of the bat with his first book. The Baseball Whisperer takes one coach and one small Iowa town and illuminates both a sport and the human spirit.” —David Maraniss, New York Times-bestselling author of Clemente and When Pride Still Mattered
Author : T. K. Lynn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781733395106
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (951 download)
Download or read book The Little Book of Big League Dreams written by T. K. Lynn and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Little Book of Big League Dreams: A Handbook For the Game of Baseball & For the Game of Life. Rocks.T. K. Lynn knocks the ball out of the park with a book everyone involved in little league sports has been waiting for. The Little Book of Big League Dreams is full of baseball fundamentals and inspiring nuggets for players, parents, and coaches.The small but hearty handbook explodes with a collection of cultivated, curated, and considered information that takes a unique look as some of the fundamentals of baseball and at some corresponding fundamentals of life.Every parent with a child in tee-ball to club ball will enjoy sharing this information with his or her player. Each player will find at least a nugget to fortify his or her game plan. In addition, coaches will glean insight to inspire the best of their players, individually and as a team. The topics include Understanding the game, player positions and the field of play; Taking responsibility; Managing your emotions; Following directions; Being coachable, and Making fear your friend.This book is overflowing with position-by-position roles and descriptions; game terminology and definitions; and game equipment use & care suggestions. It contains dozens of game-related illustrations, tips for young players, tips for parents, tips for coaches, tips on physical fitness and "life & baseball" success comparisons. Throughout the book, the reader's interest is stimulated by a special collection of over 150 inspiring quotes from professional baseball and life's greats.Whether you play the game, coach the game, or are a fan of the game, by reading this book and keeping it close as a reference and an inspiration guide, you will gain a perspective that will enrich your enjoyment...of the game...and your life.
Author : Frazier Robinson
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815606581
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (65 download)
Download or read book Catching Dreams written by Frazier Robinson and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2000-12-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a rare memoir about the Negro Leagues and its celebrated players, Frazier "Slow" Robinson offers an inspiring and often entertaining view of the black baseball diamond through a catcher's mask. In 1939, at the age of 29—after playing professional baseball for twelve years—Frazier Robinson caught the legendary Satchel Paige in barnstorming games from New Orleans to Walla Walla. Robinson played several more seasons in the Negro Leagues before finishing his career in Canada. While his career was a solid one, it was less spectacular than that of his friend and Hall-of-Famer, Satchel Paige, and so more typical of the experience of most Negro Leaguers. Richly embroidered with the threads of black society and of life as a black athlete in a racially divided nation, Robinson recounts his long career with the skill and ease of a natural storyteller. He covers, in remarkable detail, the personal perspective of the men, the teams, and the times that shaped this uniquely American subculture. From playing catcher for obscure industrial teams to barnstorming with Satchel Paige, he chronologically traces his nationwide path through the 1920s, '30s, '40s, and early '50s. The Foreword by John "Buck" O'Neil and Introduction by Gerald Early place Robinson squarely in the world of sports, African American culture, and American history.
Author : Jeff Ingber
Publisher : Jeff Ingber
ISBN 13 : 098541006X
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (854 download)
Download or read book When the Forgotten Borough Reigned: The 1964 Little League World Champions written by Jeff Ingber and published by Jeff Ingber. This book was released on 2021-06-16 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1964 Little League World Series was unique and memorable. The final game was won on a no-hitter spun by a pitcher on an All-Star team from the middle of Staten Island, the "forgotten borough" that appeared to have more in common with the American heartland than the rest of New York City. Not only had a Big Apple team never before even qualified for the World Series, but it was the first time a U.S. team defeated an international one for the championship. The members of the victorious Mid-Island Little League team were treated to a ticker-tape parade in lower Manhattan and a reception by the mayor as well as meetings with celebrities and baseball icons. When the Forgotten Borough Reigned takes the reader back to 1964, a transformational year for America in which baseball still firmly held its position as the treasured national pastime. Months before the opening of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, which quickly led to a tidal wave of change throughout Staten Island, there was a magical summer during which fourteen boys, none older than twelve, experienced a degree of fame few adults ever do while uniting the borough and city in frenzied celebration.
Author : Steven A. Riess
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317459474
Total Pages : 1200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)
Download or read book Sports in America from Colonial Times to the Twenty-First Century: An Encyclopedia written by Steven A. Riess and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 1200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides practical help for the day-to-day concerns that keep managers awake at night. This book aims to fill the gap between the legal and policy issues that are the mainstay of human resources and supervision courses and the real-world needs of managers as they attempt to cope with the human side of their jobs.
Author : Ron Kaplan
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496209885
Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)
Download or read book 501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read Before They Die written by Ron Kaplan and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Propounding his "small ball theory" of sports literature, George Plimpton proposed that "the smaller the ball, the more formidable the literature." Of course he had the relatively small baseball in mind, because its literature is formidable--vast and varied, instructive, often wildly entertaining, and occasionally brilliant. From this bewildering array of baseball books, Ron Kaplan has chosen 501 of the best, making it easier for fans to find just the books to suit them (or to know what they're missing). From biography, history, fiction, and instruction to books about ballparks, business, and rules, anyone who loves to read about baseball will find in this book a companionable guide, far more fun than a reference work has any right to be.
Author : Chris Lamb
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496231112
Total Pages : 475 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)
Download or read book Stolen Dreams written by Chris Lamb and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2022-04 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the eleven- and twelve-year-olds on the Cannon Street YMCA All-Star team registered for a baseball tournament in Charleston, South Carolina, in June 1955, it put the team and the forces of integration on a collision course with segregation, bigotry, and the southern way of life. White teams refused to take the field with the Cannon Street All-Stars, the first Black Little League team in South Carolina. The Cannon Street team won the tournament by forfeit and advanced to the state tournament. When all the white teams withdrew in protest, the Cannon Street team won the state tournament. If the team had won the regional tournament in Rome, Georgia, it would have advanced to the Little League World Series. But Little League officials ruled the team ineligible to play in the tournament because it had advanced by winning on forfeit and not on the field, denying the boys their dream of playing in the Little League World Series. Little League Baseball invited the Cannon Street All-Stars to be the organization's guests at the World Series, where they heard spectators yell, "Let them play! Let them play!" when the ballplayers were introduced. This became a national story for a few weeks but then faded and disappeared as Americans read of other civil rights stories, including the torture and murder of fourteen-year-old Emmett Till. Stolen Dreams is the story of the Cannon Street YMCA All-Stars and of the early civil rights movement. It's also the story of centuries of bigotry in Charleston, South Carolina--where millions of enslaved people were brought to this country and where the Civil War began, where segregation remained for a century after the war ended and anyone who challenged it did so at their own risk.
