Search Results: Returned 18 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 18
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c2012., Juvenile, Mitchell Lane Publishers Call No: Biography SABATHIA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Blue banner biographiesSummary Note: A biography of CC Sabathia, one of professional baseball's most outstanding pitchers, discussing his childhood in Vallejo, California, his high school athletic career, his experiences in the major leagues, his family, and his charitable work.
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c2012., Juvenile, Mitchell Lane Publishers Call No: Biography LEE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: A Robbie readerSummary Note: A biography of Major League Baseball pitcher Cliff Lee, discussing his early life, career with the Philadelphia Phillies and several other professional baseball teams, family, and personal accomplishments.
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2014., Pre-adolescent, Findaway World, LLC Call No: B Edition: [Unabridged], Young Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Profiles the life and professional baseball career of Mariano Rivera, who played nineteen seasons in the major leagues.
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2014., Little, Brown and Co. Call No: 921 RIVERA Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Profiles the life and professional baseball career of Mariano Rivera, who played nineteen seasons in the major leagues.
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2014., Pre-adolescent, Little, Brown and Co. Call No: GAMES & SPORTS NF RIV Edition: Young readers ed., 1st pbk. ed.: February 2016. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Profiles the life and professional baseball career of Mariano Rivera, who played nineteen seasons in the major leagues.
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[2020]., Juvenile, Ohio University Press Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Biographies for young readers.Summary Note: "Cy Young was one of the hardest-throwing pitchers of all time. He recorded three no-hitters--including a perfect game--and accumulated more than 2,800 strikeouts on his way to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Scott H. Longert uses Young's life story to introduce middle-grade readers to the game, explaining balls, strikes, and outs in an easy-to-understand way. Longert narrates each season and each milestone game with an enthusiastic play-by-play that is sure to draw readers into the excitement on the field and in the crowd, fostering a better understanding of and a passion for baseball. Baseball fans today know Cy Young's name chiefly through the award given in his honor each year to the best pitcher in the National and the American Leagues. Denton True 'Cyclone' Young won more than five hundred games over a career that spanned four decades, a record that no other major league pitcher has come close to matching. In addition to being the winningest pitcher in baseball history, he was also a kind, self-effacing, and generous man. Born into a farm family in rural Ohio, he never lost touch with the small-town values he grew up with"--Provided by the publisher.
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[2020]., Juvenile, Ohio University Press Call No: HI-INT B YOU Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Biographies for young readers.Summary Note: "Cy Young was one of the hardest-throwing pitchers of all time. He recorded three no-hitters--including a perfect game--and accumulated more than 2,800 strikeouts on his way to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Scott H. Longert uses Young's life story to introduce middle-grade readers to the game, explaining balls, strikes, and outs in an easy-to-understand way. Longert narrates each season and each milestone game with an enthusiastic play-by-play that is sure to draw readers into the excitement on the field and in the crowd, fostering a better understanding of and a passion for baseball. Baseball fans today know Cy Young's name chiefly through the award given in his honor each year to the best pitcher in the National and the American Leagues. Denton True 'Cyclone' Young won more than five hundred games over a career that spanned four decades, a record that no other major league pitcher has come close to matching. In addition to being the winningest pitcher in baseball history, he was also a kind, self-effacing, and generous man. Born into a farm family in rural Ohio, he never lost touch with the small-town values he grew up with"--Provided by the publisher.
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By Gutman, Billc1999., Millbrook Press Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Millbrook sports worldSummary Note: Follows the life of baseball pitcher Greg Maddux, from his childhood in an Air Force family to his career with the Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves.
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By Gutman, Billc1999, Pre-adolescent, Millbrook Press Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Millbrook sports worldSummary Note: Follows the life of baseball pitcher Greg Maddux, from his childhood in an Air Force family to his career with the Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves.
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[2013]., Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks Call No: B Abbott Edition: Ballantine Books trade paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Professional baseball player Jim Abbott, who only has one hand, relives the no-hitter he threw for the New York Yankees in 1993 while describing his childhood, family, and struggle to overcome his disability.
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[2017], Adolescent, University of Nebraska Press Call No: HI-INT B BOR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Ila Jane Borders, despite formidable obstacles, became a Little League prodigy, MVP of her otherwise all-male middle school and high school teams, the first woman awarded a baseball scholarship, and the first to pitch and win a complete men's collegiate game.
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[2017], University of Nebraska Press Call No: B Borders Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Examines the life of Ila Jane Borders, the first woman to ever pitch and win a game in men's professional baseball, discussing her childhood, the troubles of her adolescence, what it was like to be a closeted gay athlete at a Christian university, and how she has made a name and life for herself after baseball.
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1994., Juvenile, Atheneum ; Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; Maxwell Macmillan International Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Profiles twenty-seven of the best pitchers in the history of baseball, including Nolan Ryan, Tom Seaver, Whitey Ford, Dizzy Dean, and Cy Young.
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By Gagne, Tammyc2012., Juvenile, Mitchell Lane Publishers Call No: Biography HALLADAY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: A robbie readerSummary Note: A biography of Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay, discussing his early life, career in baseball, techniques, and personal accomplishments.
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c2013., Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The inspiring story of R. A. Dickey. He played in prep school and went on to pitch in the Olympics, but an X-ray revealed a major problem with his throwing arm. It seemed that his future in baseball was over before it began. But with faith, hope, and determination, he made it into the major leagues and became one of baseball's best pitchers.
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[2013]., Plume Call No: B Dickey Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Pitcher R.A. Dickey offers his own words on his life story and how his Christian faith has helped him overcome medical difficulties to become one of the best pitchers in the MLB.
