Magic In The Outfield

Author : Loren Long
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416918841
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Magic in the Outfield written by Loren Long and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-02-24 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late 1800s, a baseball with strange powers belonging to their late father works wonders for three children and a travelling baseball team which must raise $10,000.

Author : Loren Long
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9780606145251
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Magic in the Outfield written by Loren Long and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2009-02-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For use in schools and libraries only. More than a series about baseball, Sluggers: Tales of the Travelin' Nine is about the magic of familial love and how that magic can beat any sporting odds.

Author : John Cairney
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476685460
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Field of Magic written by John Cairney and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2023-01-20 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Superstition has been a part of baseball from the beginning. From good luck charms to human mascots to ritual statues of Babe Ruth to the curse of Colonel Sanders, there may be almost as many superstitions as players (or fans). Drawing on social science, religious studies and SABRmetrics, this book explores the rich history of supernatural belief in the game and documents a wide variety of rituals, fetishes, taboos and jinxes. Some of these have changed over time but coping with uncertainty on the field through magical thinking remains a constant.

Author : Loren Long
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416918914
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blastin' the Blues written by Loren Long and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-02-22 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Travelin' Nine are headed to St. Louis and New Orleans as they continue to raise money to pay off their big league debt!

Author : Loren Long
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416918922
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Home of the Brave written by Loren Long and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-02-22 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Paynes are down at the bottom of their last inning, but are they out? The final book in Loren Long and Phil Bildner's Sluggers!

Author : Keith A. Roberts
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1452275807
Total Pages : 521 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religion in Sociological Perspective written by Keith A. Roberts and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2015-07-18 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fully updated Sixth Edition of Religion in Sociological Perspective introduces students to the basic theories and methods in the field, and shows them how to apply these analytic tools to new groups they encounter. Authors Keith A Roberts and David Yamane explore three interdependent subsystems of religion—meaning, structure, and belonging—and their connections to the larger social structure. While they cover the major theoretical paradigms of the field and employ various middle-range theories to explore specific processes, they use the open systems model as a single unifying framework to integrate the theories and enhance student understanding.

Author : Brett Mandel
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493057227
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Is This Heaven? written by Brett Mandel and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-11-12 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than three decades ago, the film Field of Dreams made grown men cry with its tale of a son's quest to know his father through the magic of baseball. The mystical baseball field of that movie continues to attract thousands of visitors and here is the story of a make-believe place made real, its incredible lure, and its effect on the people who have stepped between its chalk lines.

Author : Kathleen A. Baxter
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 159884847X
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Get Those Guys Reading! written by Kathleen A. Baxter and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-05-07 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want to identify fiction books that boys in grades three through nine will find irresistible? This guide reveals dozens of worthwhile recommendations in categories ranging from adventure stories and sports novels to horror, humorous, and science fiction books. In Get Those Guys Reading!: Fiction and Series Books that Boys Will Love, authors Kathleen A. Baxter and Marcia A. Kochel provide compelling and current reading suggestions for younger boys—information that educators, librarians, and parents alike are desperate for. Comprising titles that are almost all well-reviewed in at least one major professional journal, or that are such big hits with kids that they've received the "stamp of approval" from the most important reviewers, this book will be invaluable to anyone whose goal is to help boys develop a healthy enthusiasm for reading. It includes chapters on adventure books; animal stories; graphic novels; historical fiction; humorous books; mystery, horror, and suspense titles; science fiction and fantasy; and sports novels. Within each chapter, the selections are further divided into books for younger readers (grades 3–6) and titles for older boys in grades 5–8. Elementary and middle school librarians and teachers, public librarians, Title One teachers, and parents of boys in grades 3–9 will all benefit greatly from having this book at hand.

Author : Timothy Morris
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252065972
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making the Team written by Timothy Morris and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He concludes with a chapter that asks, "What does it mean to be 'literary'?" What distinguishes "high art" from a baseball novel, or a mystery, or a romance novel, or pornography? Making the Team suggests that drawing the line may be a more vital concern - not just for scholars, but for Americans at large - than anything critics have argued about for a very long time.

Author : Baseball Prospectus
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1118459261
Total Pages : 1810 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Baseball Prospectus 2014 written by Baseball Prospectus and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 1810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling annual baseball preview from the smartest analysts in the business Now in its 19th edition, the Baseball Prospectus annual shows once again how it became the industry leader: The 2014 edition includes key stat categories, more controversial player predictions, and the kind of wise, witty baseball commentary that makes this phone-book-thick tome worth reading cover to cover. Baseball Prospectus 2014 provides fantasy players and insiders alike with prescient PECOTA projections, which Sports Illustrated has called "perhaps the game's most accurate projection model." Still, stats are just numbers if you don't see the larger context, and Baseball Prospectus brings together an elite team of analysts to provide the definitive look at all thirty teams—their players, their prospects, and their managers—to explain away flukes, hot streaks, injury-tainted numbers, and park effects. Victory, after all, could come down to choosing between the supposed sleeper and the overrated prospects who won't be able to fool people in the Show like they have down on the farm. Nearly every major-league team has sought the advice of current or former Prospectus writers, and readers of Baseball Prospectus 2014 will understand what all those fans have been raving about. "If you're a baseball fan and you don't know what BP is, you're working in a mine without one of those helmets with the lights on it."—Keith Olbermann "The first time I saw the PECOTA projections, I realized that someone out there understood." —Jeff Luhnow, General Manager, Houston Astros "For me, every year baseball begins with the big, brilliant, beautiful book you are holding in your hands right now."—Joe Posnanski Baseball Prospectus 2013 correctly predicted: *Disappointing performances by Albert Pujols, Dan Haren, Michael Bourn, Justin Upton, and Tommy Hanson. *Breakouts by Paul Goldschmidt, Freddie Freeman, Kyle Seager, Matt Moore, Shelby Miller, and Jason Kipnis, as well as bounceback seasons from Jayson Werth and Shin-Soo Choo. *That Max Scherzer would be a Cy Young contender and Michael Wacha ace-in-waiting for the Cardinals. *That Wil Myers would be a middle-of-the-order bat for Tampa Bay and Josh Donaldson would finally win the Rich Harden trade for the A's. *That CC Sabathia's velocity drop could be a problem, but Felix Hernandez's would not be. *That Joaquin Benoit, Kenley Jansen, and Koji Uehara were better bullpen bets than pre-season closer picks Bruce Rondon, Brandon League, and Joel Hanrahan.