Katie, Batter Up!


Book Description

A sporty addition to a sweet tween series that’s all about friendship—and cupcakes, of course! Katie’s Cupcake Club friends all have other activities besides making cupcakes: Mia and Alexis are on the soccer team and Emma plays the flute. Katie sets out to find her extracurricular niche and soon she’s dribbling, passing, and catching. Sure, Katie can whip up a great cupcake—but can she cook on the field too? When Katie tries out and makes the softball team it’s batter up….But instead of swinging away, she gets nervous during games. What if she makes a mistake? What if they lose? Is this the kind of batter Katie really wants to be dealing with? Katie starts to figure out that doing what you love always makes the batter sweeter.




Batter Up, Charlie Brown!


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Step up to the plate with the Peanuts gang in this graphic novel that features classic Schulz strips, previously published stories, and an all-new original baseball-themed story! Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the rest of the gang enjoy America’s favorite pastime in this collection of graphic novel short stories that includes the classic graphic novel It’s Tokyo, Charlie Brown!. © 2023 Peanuts Worldwide LLC




Batter Up! History of Baseball


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Provides a brief overview of baseball, including the breaking of racial barriers, women in baseball, and profiles of notable players.




Batter Up!


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Educational resource for teachers, parents and kids!




Batter Up Wombat


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The new kid in town is a wombat from Down Under. He’s having a tough time fitting in, so he tries to join the baseball team. They’re excited to see a “Wham-bat” hit, but baseball seems to him like a strange game indeed as his literal interpretations of the lingo, such as “stealing third base,” lead to hilarious, and ultimately victorious, results.




Batter Up, SpongeBob!


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Remembering happy days playing T-ball, SpongeBob is eager to join his dad's team--until he finds out they're playing real baseball.




Batter-up


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Celebrates the past century of baseball in Minnesota, featuring the greatest professional, minor league, amateur, collegiate, and high school teams.




Playing the Field: Batter Up


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When the Wildwood Waves come to the Richmond Diamond, Rob Ritchie sneaks into the ballpark to watch them practice. He's spotted by the team's short stop, Mike Hennessey, a sexy man who takes a liking to Rob. Baseball banter turns into a date, and that evening Rob takes Mike to his favorite gay bar in the hopes of scoring a home run later in Mike's hotel room. Somehow, amid the flirting and the sex, Rob conveniently forgets to mention he plays for the home team. It isn't until Mike spies Rob on the baseball field facing off against the Waves that he realizes he slept with the enemy. Rob knows Mike's upset, but can he talk his way back into the short stop's bed after the game?




The Natural


Book Description

This is a book about heroism - of sorts. Roy Hobbs has an immense natural gift for playing baseball. He could become one of the great ones of the game, a player unmatched in his time - a hero. But his first hard-won big chance ends violently, at the hands of a crazy girl, and then it is years before he gets another shot. At last, in a few short seasons, or never, he must achieve the towering reputation that he feels is his right.




Because You're Mine


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When you grow up in the most feared mafia family, it's easy to identify the kind of men that are bad news. They're the ones with experience. The ones with secrets. The ones that exude sex just by saying your name. From the moment I laid eyes on Lorenzo, I knew he wasn't just bad news. He was the headline. But my head and my heart are at war. He's too mysterious, too gorgeous, too wild, and now, he wants me. I should run far away. So why am I racing toward him? I'm totally going to get burned. I know it. A man like Lorenzo won't leave me unscathed. He'll make ashes of me.