This book is not only about baseball, but you will enjoy the drama, romance, sights, sounds and all things associated with the love of the game. The book will make you long for the days when baseball was America's game and kids played all day long on a sandlot. It will make you long for the days when being a fan counted and you were proud of your home team and really wanted to be at the home team's ball park! Author and coach Ric Davies shows his own passion for the game in OPENING DAY and helps you to remember your own! You will enjoy this story and relive a time when this game and all that it represents was truly bigger than life!
With two homers from Bobby Thomson, one from Johnny Mize, one from Bill Rigney, and another from Willard Marshall, the Giants went back on top, 6–2. But Robinson wasn't finished giving thrills. Leading off the eighth, he fell behind in ...
A collection of essays on the sport of baseball, its myths, superstars, pennant races, strategies, ballparks, and other facets of the national pastime
A concise, highly accessible guide to exam success.
Lefebvre left Seattle to take over the Cubs ' managerial spot after the 1990 season , and Bill Plummer , once Johnny Bench's backup with the Reds , stepped in . The Mariners finally vaulted over the .500 mark in 1991 with an 83-79 ...
... opened the season at home against the Rockies. After fielding virtually the same starting eight for the '08 and '09 openers, the Brewers opened their 40th anniversary season with Brewers Opening Day first-timers Carlos Gomez and Jim ...
Additionally, the Reds Hall of Fame, a new team store and an interactive kids' area will open during the 2004 season. ... As the Reds steamrolJed toward Opening Day, they had to take care of some unfinished business.
Luther narrates June 22—one of the pivotal days of World War II—from high command down to the tanks and soldiers at the sharp end, covering strategy as well as tactics and the vivid personal stories of the men who crossed the border ...
Opening Day
A New York Times bestselling author (The True Meaning of Smekday) and illustrator (Last Stop on Market Street) team bring you a fresh look at the first day of school, this time from the school's perspective.
This is a series based on life lessons learned through the sport of baseball. "Opening Day" is the first in the Crusher Field series. The lessons learned apply to all children and are a seen through the eyes of the children in the story.