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Game of shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the steroids scandal that rocked professional sports
By Mark Fainaru-Wada, Lance Williams. 2006
Journalists from the San Francisco Chronicle highlight the role of the Bay Area Lab Cooperative (BALCO)--a nutritional supplement company--in supplying…
professional athletes with banned substances. Concentrates on owner Victor Conte's involvement with baseball player Barry Bonds and the 2003 investigation led by IRS agent Jeff Novitzky. Strong language. Bestseller. 2006Yao: a life in two worlds
By Ming Yao, Yao Ming, Ric Bucher. 2004
Autobiography of the Houston Rockets' seven feet six inches tall basketball player from Shanghai, China. Yao Ming describes his early…
career at home, his 2002 adaptation to the NBA's style of play, and cultural differences between East and West. Introduction by coauthor Ric Bucher. 2004Down came the rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression
By Brooke Shields. 2005
Actress recounts experiencing postpartum depression following the 2003 birth of her daughter, who was conceived after fertility treatments. Recalls her…
detachment and thoughts of suicide. Discusses her treatment and recovery with proper medication and therapy, and her newfound happiness as a mother. Lists resources. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2005A strong right arm: the story of Mamie "Peanut" Johnson
By Michelle Y. Green, Kadir Nelson. 2002
Mamie Johnson recalls her playing days, stating she was one of three women to play professional baseball in the Negro…
Leagues. Depicts Johnson's overcoming racism and sexism in 1948 to pitch at age twelve for an all-white boys' team and at eighteen for the Indianapolis Clowns. For grades 4-7. 2002Who is baseball's greatest pitcher?
By Jeff Kisseloff. 2003
Kisseloff compares statistics for thirty-three of baseball's greatest starting pitchers and invites the reader to decide who is the best.…
Companion to Who Is Baseball's Greatest Hitter? (DB 50693). For grades 5-8. 2003When you come to a fork in the road, take it!: inspiration and wisdom from one of baseball's greatest heroes
By Yogi Berra, Dave Kaplan. 2001
True stories of baseball's hall of famers (True Stories Ser.)
By Dave Kellogg, David Kellogg. 2000
Sixty brief accounts of baseball's most productive players from the early 1900s to 1980. Includes well-known players such as Cy…
Young, Connie Mack, Ty Cobb, Jackie Robinson, Yogi Berra, Hank Aaron, and Sandy Koufax. For junior and senior high readers. 2000Baseball's greatest games
By Dan Gutman. 1994
Describes in detail nine of the best baseball games ever played, including the 1951 "shot heard 'round the world," when…
the New York Giants beat the Brooklyn Dodgers. Also recalls a slide worth $15,000 in 1886, and Harvey Haddix pitching--and losing--the "greatest game in history" in 1959. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 1994Black diamond: the story of the Negro baseball leagues
By Pat McKissack, Patricia C. McKissack, Fredrick McKissack. 1994
History of the baseball leagues formed when entry into the major leagues was denied. Describes the teams, players, and competition…
that existed from the nineteenth century until their dismantlement almost one hundred years later. Includes a player profile list as well as a time line. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 1994Cal Ripken, Jr: my story
By Cal Ripken, Mike Bryan, Cindy Kane. 1999
Autobiography of the baseball player who beat the record for the most consecutively played games. Describes his childhood growing up…
in a baseball family to his career with the Baltimore Orioles. Adapted from The Only Way I Know DB 44808, BR 11217). For grades 4-7 and older readers. 1999Home run kings
By Jeff Savage. 1999
The story of baseball: Third Revised and Expanded Edition
By Lawrence S Ritter, Lawrence S. Ritter. 1999
In this new edition of his 1990 work, Ritter traces the history of baseball, assesses the elements of the game,…
and describes later developments such as players' strikes and trades. Includes batting records of Sammy Sosa and Mark McGuire; discusses card collecting and commonly used signals. For grades 5-8 and older readersSammy Sosa: an authorized biography (Latinos in Baseball Ser.)
By Carrie Muskat. 1999
Biography of the record-breaking baseball player from the Dominican Republic. Sammy Sosa was raised in poverty, but his athletic ability…
led him to his first professional sports contract at age sixteen. Sosa also became well known for his generosity in providing assistance to his family and homeland. For grades 5-8El Duque: the story of Orlando Hernández
By Kenneth LaFreniere, Kenny Lafreniere. 1999
Biography of Cuban-born baseball player Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez, who was a star pitcher on the island's national team. When…
he was banished from sports after his brother defected, Orlando also decided to flee and later joined the New York Yankees. For grades 5-8. 1999Baseball: a history of the national pastime (Watts History of Sports)
By Mark Stewart, Mark Alan Stewart. 1998
Focusses on baseball's evolution, momentous events, and key personalities like Joe DiMaggio, Jackie Robinson, and Greg Maddux. Examines how social,…
financial, and organizational issues influence this sport and why, with its century and a half of traditions, baseball remains an important part of American culture. For high school and older readersJim Abbott: major league pitcher (Great Achievers Ser.Great Achievers)
By Norman L Macht, Norman L. Macht. 1994
Highlights the career of major league baseball player Jim Abbott, who was born in 1967 without a right hand. Discusses…
other disabled ball players from the past. Introduction by Jerry Lewis. For grades 5-8Lou Gehrig (Baseball legends)
By Norman L Macht, Norman L. Macht, Earl Weaver. 1993
A portrait of baseball's legendary "Iron Horse," who set more than twenty major league records and had a lifetime batting…
average of .340. Describes his athletic youth and his fourteen-year career with the New York Yankees, which ended suddenly in 1939 after he was stricken with an incurable disease. For grades 6-9World Series classics
By Dan Gutman. 1994
Play-by-play narrations of what the author considers to be the five most exciting World Series in the history of baseball:…
1912, 1924, 1947, 1975, and 1991. Conveys the drama and suspense of the action-filled games, complete with interesting facts and anecdotes. For grades 5-8Henry Aaron: Baseball Great (Black Americans of Achievement Ser.Black Americans of Achievement)
By Nathan I. Huggins, Richard Scott Rennert, Richard S. Rennert. 1993
Henry ("Hank") Aaron was born in Mobile, Alabama, in 1934. As a young child, Aaron shared with his father a…
love of baseball. In 1952 he signed with the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro American League. A year later, joining the Jacksonville Tars, Aaron was among the first wave of African-American major-league players in the South. He is regarded as one of the game's greatest, most productive, and most valued players. For grades 5-8 and older readersSatchel Paige: Baseball Great (Black Americans of Achievement Ser.Black Americans of Achievement)
By David Shirley, Nathan I. Huggins. 1993
LeRoy ("Satchel") Paige was born in Mobile, Alabama, around 1906. In 1948, at the age of forty-two, Paige became the…
first black pitcher in the American League and the oldest rookie ever. For the quarter century through 1945-- during the best years of Paige's career--baseball was segregated, and the talented pitcher had been limited to the Negro leagues where he starred with the Kansas City Monarchs. For grades 5-8 and older readers