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The Baseball: A Brief Novel

Author : James Flerlage
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780989828123
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (281 download)

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Download or read book The Baseball: A Brief Novel written by James Flerlage and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-09 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Editorial Reviews "The Baseball is written so fluently that I didn't want it to end. This story is built around family, the good times and the bad times, the happy times and the sad times. It's about how different people cope with pain differently and how good things can come out of things that may initially seem like the end of the world. I recommend this book for anyone who truly values family, making memories, and living life to the fullest." - Manhattan Book Review (5-Star Review) " The Baseball is a brief novel by James Flerlage about family and the quality time we choose to spend with them. The irony of Landon's fate-an oncologist whose son develops cancer-could have turned the story into one of bitterness and regret. Instead, it is an opportunity to revisit a time in a man's life when he must choose his family or his work. The author delivers the heart-wrenching plot in simple and crisp prose and without judgment andgives readers the opportunity to re-examine their own priorities in life." - San Francisco Book Review (4-Star Review) "An unusually affecting story. Overall, this is an earnest, unpretentious book that, despite overly deliberate grabs for the heartstrings, still manages to pluck them, all the same. A familiar tale, but one that has a melodramatic sincerity." - Kirkus Reviews "The plot of The Baseball is a well-developed hybrid of family and sports drama. It hits familiar plot beats and framing devices, but the work develops smoothly and evenly with quiet style. The author has a clear handle on storytelling and the unveiling of mystery; the sports focus and the manner in which it is integrated into the characters' lives is alluring." - The BookLife Prize From the Back Cover Landon Myers is a retired pediatric oncologist who spends his days diagnosing the ills of his young grandchildren's stuffed animals while scheming up new ways to spend time with the older ones. When his thirteen-year-old granddaughter Lucy discovers an old Major League Baseball while cleaning his cellar, he faces the difficult task of exposing a family secret that has lain dormant for the past forty years. Over a long lunch with Lucy, Landon reveals that he was previously married, divorced, and had a son, Alex. Two years after his parents' bitter divorce, sixteen-year-old Alex receives devastating news that derails the course of his life. In a captivating story about family, relationships, and reconciliation, The Baseball begs the question, "If life gave you a second chance, would you know what to do with it?"

Bottom of the Ninth

Author : John McNally
Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809325047
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book Bottom of the Ninth written by John McNally and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skillfully edited by John McNally, Bottom of the Ninth: Great Contemporary Baseball Short Stories collects nineteen contemporary baseball short stories from a successful mix of well-established writers, lesser-knowns, and a few up-and-comers. These stories are characterized by the same dramatic elements that draw people to the sport itself--the mythologizing of players, the obsessions and romance of the game, the bonds between players and fans, parents and children. From a key play, a missed catch, a chance lost, these are tales of characters facing high stakes and calls to action, metaphorically and literally, in the bottom of the ninth.

Baseball Crazy

Author : Nancy E. Mercado
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780803731622
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (316 download)

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Download or read book Baseball Crazy written by Nancy E. Mercado and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten stories about the love of baseball, the fear of baseball, and everything in between.

Baseball in April and Other Stories

Author : Gary Soto
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780152025670
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (256 download)

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Book Synopsis Baseball in April and Other Stories by : Gary Soto

Download or read book Baseball in April and Other Stories written by Gary Soto and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1990 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mexican American author Gary Soto draws on his own experience of growing up in California's Central Valley in this finely crafted collection of eleven short stories that reveal big themes in the small events of daily life. Crooked teeth, ponytailed girls, embarrassing grandfathers, imposter Barbies, annoying brothers, Little League tryouts, and karate lessons weave the colorful fabric of Soto's world. The smart, tough, vulnerable kids in these stories are Latino, but their dreams and desires belong to all of us. Glossary of Spanish terms included. Awards: ALA Best Book for Young Adults, Booklist Editors' Choice, Horn Book Fanfare Selection, Judy Lopez Memorial Honor Book, Parenting Magazine's Reading Magic Award, John and Patricia Beatty Award

Baseball's Best Short Stories

Author : Paul D. Staudohar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Baseball's Best Short Stories written by Paul D. Staudohar and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time available in paperback, this superb collection of short stories chronicles more than a century of America's love affair with baseball. A variety of writers from different eras pay tribute to the game that has merged with our national identity. Contributors include Robert Penn Warren, T. Coraghessan Boyle, James Thurber, Ring Lardner, and Garrison Keillor. Line drawings.

Batting Order

Author : Mike Lupica
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1534421572
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book Batting Order written by Mike Lupica and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times bestseller From acclaimed author of the Home Team series Mike Lupica comes an inspiring novel about the heart and soul of baseball. On or off the field, Ben and Matt couldn’t be more different. Ben Roberson is an all-or-nothing player: he’s big, he’s bold, and he’s brash. Ben’s swing can hit a ball right out of the park—but that’s if he can get a hit at all. Matt Baker is small, and shy, and his stutter has him avoiding the spotlight—even if he’s the best all-rounder on the team. But while Matt knows he’s got the chops, a part of him has always envied “Big Ben” and his attention-grabbing charm. So it’s a total shock when Ben asks Matt to help him work on his swing. Because Ben can’t put the ball into play, and his showboating comes at the expense of the team. And even though Matt’s trying to help, Ben doesn’t seem to take him seriously, especially when it means toning things down. The end of the season is fast approaching—is there enough time for Ben to realize bigger isn’t always better? For Matt to understand that sometimes, being the bigger person means standing up for yourself? Or will they have to accept defeat?

Peanuts and Crackerjacks

Author : M.Z. Ribalow
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786488611
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Peanuts and Crackerjacks written by M.Z. Ribalow and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2011-11-16 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young pitching coach for a major league team in Buffalo discovers that baseball, his great true love, has changed in ways that reflect our constantly evolving society. Tradition clashes with modernity both on and off the baseball diamond in hilarious, ironic and unexpected ways.

Play Ball!

Author : Matt Christopher
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0316203211
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)

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Download or read book Play Ball! written by Matt Christopher and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book in an epic series about family, friendship, and baseball Eleven-year-old cousins catcher Liam McGrath and pitcher Carter Jones grew up playing baseball together. Now, their team is on the verge of winning the greatest championship of all: the Little League Baseball World Series. To reach the title match, however, they must first beat their number one rivals from Southern California. Little do they know that the game will prove to be just the first challenge they'll face on their road to the championships.

The Call

Author : Laurie Boris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781973970972
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book The Call written by Laurie Boris and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-21 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As one of the first female umpires in the minors, Margie puts up with insults and worse from people who think women don't belong in baseball. Forget making history-Margie just wants to do her job and be part of the game she loves. She's ready for the rude comments. The lousy pay. The endless traveling. But when she suspects a big-name slugger of cheating, she has to choose: let him get away with it, or blow the whistle and risk her career...and maybe her twin brother's major-league prospects, too.Now it's up to Margie to make the call.

The Baseball Novel

Author : Noel Schraufnagel
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786435577
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The Baseball Novel written by Noel Schraufnagel and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2008-08-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This annotated bibliography covers approximately 400 novels published from 1838 through 2007. A substantial introduction to the history and development of the genre precedes the chronologically arranged entries, which provide bibliographic details and extensive annotations on plot, themes, and compositional strengths and weaknesses. Mainstream novels by writers such as Hemingway, Wolfe, Roth, and DeLillo are included. Appendices provide historical overviews for the primary baseball subgenres, including mystery, fantasy, and science-fiction; lists for novels that foreground issues of race or ethnicity (or both, as in Winegardner's Vera Cruz Blues), gender (Gilbert's A League of Their Own), and class (Hay's The Dixie Association); and the author's rankings of great baseball novels overall and by subgenre.

The Big Field

Author : Mike Lupica
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101200758
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book The Big Field written by Mike Lupica and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-03-04 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Heat, Travel Team and Million-Dollar Throw. Playing shortstop is a way of life for Hutch—not only is his hero, Derek Jeter, a shortstop, but so was his father, a former local legend turned pro. Which is why having to play second base feels like demotion to second team. Yet that's where Hutch ends up after Darryl "D-Will" Williams, the best shortstop prospect since A-Rod, joins the team. But Hutch is nothing if not a team player, and he's cool with playing in D-Will's shadow—until, that is, the two shortstops in Hutch's life betray him in a way he never could have imagined. With the league championship on the line, just how far is Hutch willing to bend to be a good teammate?

Zombie Baseball Beatdown

Author : Paolo Bacigalupi
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0316220779
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)

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Download or read book Zombie Baseball Beatdown written by Paolo Bacigalupi and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2013-09-10 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this inventive, fast-paced novel, New York Times bestselling and Printz Award-winning author Paolo Bacigalupi takes on hard-hitting themes--from food safety to racism and immigration--and creates a zany, grand-slam adventure that will get kids thinking about where their food comes from. The zombie apocalypse begins on the day Rabi, Miguel, and Joe are practicing baseball near their town's local meatpacking plant and nearly get knocked out by a really big stink. Little do they know the plant's toxic cattle feed is turning cows into flesh-craving monsters! The boys decide to launch a stealth investigation into the plant's dangerous practices, unknowingly discovering a greedy corporation's plot to look the other way as tainted meat is sold to thousands all over the country. With no grownups left they can trust, Rabi and his friends will have to grab their bats to protect themselves (and a few of their enemies) if they want to stay alive...and maybe even save the world.

The Heavenly World Series

Author : Frank O'Rourke
Publisher : Carroll & Graf Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780786712038
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book The Heavenly World Series written by Frank O'Rourke and published by Carroll & Graf Pub. This book was released on 2003-03-30 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of inspiring stories culled from the writings of baseball's greatest fictional storyteller captures the essence of the game in enduring, unsentimental prose. Reprint.

Center Field

Author : Robert Lipsyte
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061997358
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (619 download)

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Download or read book Center Field written by Robert Lipsyte and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-03-23 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mike has his junior year well under control. He's got a solid group of friends. He's dating Lori, one of the hottest girls in school. And Coach Cody has all but given him the starting spot as the Ridgedale Rangers' varsity center fielder. And then Oscar Ramirez shows up. Oscar is an amazing ballplayer, as talented at the plate as he is in center field, and it's not long before Mike loses control. He's on the bench, he's getting into fights, and he finds himself in weekend detention with Katherine Herold, the most mysterious, abrasive, alluring girl in school. Mike is lost, confused, and looking to Coach Cody to help him get back on track. But the coach has his own set of rules for Mike to play by, and the decisions Mike makes are going to impact more than just the starting lineup. Robert Lipsyte, one of the most celebrated writers in young adult literature, has crafted a subtly intense tale of adolescent struggle, a sports story about much more than sports—one that shows us how the moves one makes off the field matter even more than the moves one has on it.

Drawing Card

Author : Dorothy Seymour Mills
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786489456
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Drawing Card written by Dorothy Seymour Mills and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2012-05-25 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early 20th century, two female baseball players signed with minor league teams only to have their contracts canceled when their gender became public. They withdrew politely, never having the chance to put their talents on display. In this historical novel, Cleveland pitcher Annie Cardello does not go so quietly. When the baseball commissioner cancels her signed agreement, she vows to retaliate. A volatile woman with family roots in ancient Sicily, Annie plots her revenge—murder. A deft blend of sports history and thriller, Drawing Card demonstrates the danger of a woman scorned, especially one with a mean curve ball.

Ball Tales

Author : Michelle Nolan
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786458305
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Ball Tales written by Michelle Nolan and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-11-26 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This history of American sports fiction traces depictions of baseball, basketball and football in works for all age levels from early dime novels through the 1960s. Chapters cover dime novel heroes Frank and Dick Merriwell; the explosion of sports novels before World War II and its influence on the authors who later wrote for baby boom readers; how sports novels persisted during the Great Depression; the rise and decline of sports pulps; why sports comics failed; postwar heroes Chip Hilton and Bronc Burnett; the lack of sports fiction for females; Duane Decker's Blue Sox books; and the classic John R. Tunis novels. Appendices list sports pulp titles and comic books featuring sports fiction.

The Redheaded Outfield and Other Baseball Stories

Author : Zane Grey
Publisher : Double 9 Booksllp
ISBN 13 : 9789357484589
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (845 download)

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Download or read book The Redheaded Outfield and Other Baseball Stories written by Zane Grey and published by Double 9 Booksllp. This book was released on 2023-01-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Redheaded Outfield and Other Baseball Stories" is a collection of short stories written by American author Zane Grey. The stories are centered around baseball and the people involved in the sport. "The Rube," which tells the story of a naive farm boy who becomes a star pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates; "A Call to the Bullpen," which follows a talented but troubled pitcher as he struggles to overcome personal demons and make it to the majors; and "The Winning Ball," which centers around a young pitcher who must learn to control his temper and find his confidence on the mound. Throughout the collection, Grey explores themes such as teamwork, perseverance, and the thrill of competition, while also providing vivid descriptions of the sights, sounds, and smells of the baseball diamond. Whether you are a die-hard fan of the sport or simply enjoy well-crafted stories, "The Redheaded Outfield and Other Baseball Stories" is a classic work of American literature that is sure to entertain and inspire.