Introduces the techniques, equipment, rules, and safety requirements of baseball.

"Posnanski writes of major moments that created legends, and of forgotten moments almost lost to time. It's Willie Mays's catch, Babe Ruth's called shot, and Kirk Gibson's limping home run; the slickest steals; the biggest bombs; and the most triumphant no-hitters. But these are also moments raw with the humanity of the game, the unheralded heroes, the mesmerizing mistakes drenched in pine tar, and every story, from the immortal to the obscure, is...

Documents the twenty-one-year Hall of Fame career of the Pittsburgh Pirate who endured a difficult childhood and racial hostility as well as weight and strikeout issues to become an All-Star and World Series champion.

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

In this wordless picture book, a young outfielder imagines all the terrifying ways he might not catch the baseball, and one way that he can.

The Aldens help out at a minor league stadium and investigate when it appears someone in the ballpark is stealing the home team pitcher's signals and relaying them to the batters of the other team.

Luke Thorson is a good baseball player and a good student, but he is not as popular as his older half-brother Jake who is the team's captain and power hitter--can the two put aside their rivalry and work together to win the championship?

A look at the history of baseball shows the evolution of the sport from the sandlot to multi-million dollar stadiums, and examines such aspects of baseball as pitching, uniforms, gloves, umpires, and ballpark food.