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Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Drawing on more than five hundred interviews with loved ones and fellow baseball players, the author crafts a deeply personal biography of the Yankee great, weaving her own memories of the major league slugger with an authoritative account of his life onand off the field.
Author
Publisher
Astra Publishing House
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chronicles the story of the legendary baseball star, his favorite bat, Betsy Ann, and the longest hitting streak in baseball history, which united the country on the brink of World War II.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lou Gehrig, the Yank's great first baseman and the son of poor immigrants, rose to heights of baseball fame -- only to be cut down at the peak of his career by an incurable disease known as ALS.
10) 61*
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris, one was the Yankees' best loved players and the other was their most valuable. 1961 was about to be the summer that no one who loves baseball will ever forget. Both men find that they are approaching Babe Ruth's 1927 single-season 60 home-run record. Facing pressure from the media and the stands, both men know that there is only room for one winner. The fans make their choice, but the people's favorite isn't the favorite...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
180 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Louis, who loves baseball despite being the worst stickball player in White Plains, New York, sees his opportunity to be bat boy for the 1961 Yankees team as the perfect way to escape the problems of his father's remarriage and moving to the suburbs.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
After the Red Sox traded their celebrated pitcher, Babe Ruth, to the Yankees, their winning streak ended, rumors of a curse began to spread, and more than eighty years passed before the Red Sox finally won another World Series.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
291 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A candid account of the baseball star's transformation from outcast to Yankee legend describes his strained relationship with Billy Martin and the steadfast beliefs that enabled his World Series achievements.
17) Mickey Mantle
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
c1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
64 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the New York Yankee famed for his legendary hitting ability.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
120 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
In New York City for the annual series between rival teams, the Yankees and the Mets, Mike and Kate investigate a spate of pranks, thefts, and sabotage.
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
xii, 414 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Overview: Every spring, Little Leaguers across the country mimic his stance and squabble over the right to wear his number, 2, the next number to be retired by the world's most famous ball team. Derek Jeter is their hero. He walks in the footsteps of Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, and Mantle, and someday his shadow will loom just as large. Yet he has never been the best player in baseball. In fact, he hasn't always been the best player on his team. But...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (240 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The game of baseball continues to reflect the complicated country that created it. Players and owners wage a battle over money and power; Cal Ripken becomes the game's new Iron Man; sluggers Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, and Barry Bonds do things that have never been done before; the Yankees build a dynasty, while their arch rivals, the Red Sox, stage the greatest comeback in history. In September of 2001, baseball offers the hope that things will one...
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