Alamosa Public Library

On an overcast September day in 1993, Jim Abbott took the mound at Yankee Stadium and threw one of the most dramatic no-hitters in major-league history. The game was the crowning achievement in an unlikely success story, unseen in the annals of professional sports. In Imperfect, the one-time big-league ace retraces his remarkable journey.

Throughout the history of the United States' national pastime, great players have thrilled fans with home run blasts, dazzling pitching performances, and skillful defensive work in the field. This title explores achievements of baseball's greats from over 100 years of Major League competition through exciting stories, engaging photographs, informative sidebars, a glossary, and an index.

Curious George and the man in the yellow hat attend a baseball game to cheer on the Mudville Miners.

Josh's life has just fallen apart. His father will no longer be coaching the travel baseball team and is moving to Florida, forcing his mom and little sister to move into a small apartment on the wrong side of town. To make matters worse, the new coach of the travel team is an unforgiving drill sergeant. But then Benji tells Josh of a home-run derby in which the winner gets a brand-new house. All Josh has to do to qualify is hit twenty home runs during...

As a new freshman at Wayne College, Ken Ward finds a way to win recognition through his pitching skills.

"Finally--a fascinating and authoritative biography of perhaps the most controversial player in baseball history, Ty Cobb. Ty Cobb is baseball royalty, maybe even the greatest player who ever lived. His lifetime batting average is still the highest of all time, and when he retired in 1928, after twenty-one years with the Detroit Tigers and two with the Philadelphia Athletics, he held more than ninety records. But the numbers don't tell half of Cobb's...

An autistic pitcher joins a minor-league baseball team and has a profound effect on the team and manager over the course of a season.

Presents an illustrated classic song of a young child who begs her father to take her to the ball game, where she roots for the home team and eats peanuts and Cracker Jacks.

Traces the life of the Yankees' star ballplayer, focusing on his character and his struggle with the terminal disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

"A kid-friendly exploration of how math and statistics are used in baseball"-- Provided by publisher.