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- Play ball! / by Chan, Reika.; Astley, Neville.; Baker, Mark,1959-;
Appeals to Pre-K-1st graders, Reading level Grade 1.LSC- Subjects: Radio and television novels.; Peppa Pig (Fictitious character); Animals; Baseball players; Swine;
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- 42 [videorecording] : the Jackie Robinson story / by Beharie, Nicole.; Boseman, Chadwick.; Ford, Harrison,1942-; Helgeland, Brian.; Meloni, Chris.; Merriman, Ryan.; Legendary Pictures.; Warner Bros. Entertainment.; Warner Home Video (Firm);
Music by Mark Isham ; director of photography, Don Burgess ; edited by Peter McNulty, Kevin Stitt.Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, Nicole Beharie, Christopher Meloni, Ryan Merriman.Brian Helgeland's historical sports drama/biopic 42 relates the historic 1947 baseball season in which Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford) decides to sign the first black Major League player, Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman). Although Robinson faces ugly, vicious racism from other clubs, fans, and on occasion his own teammates, Rickey encourages him to not fight back. By following that advice, Robinson allows his remarkable athletic talent to speak for itself, and soon the first-year player becomes one the most popular players on the team, eventually securing the Rookie of the Year award.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, Dolby digital 5.1 ; widescreen presentation.- Subjects: Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team); Major League Baseball (Organization); African American baseball players; African Americans; Baseball players; Biographical films.; Feature films.; Race discrimination; Sports films.;
- © c2013., Warner Home Video,
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- Field of dreams [videorecording (DVD)] by Robinson, Phil; Costner, Kevin; Madigan, Amy.; Jones, James Earl; Lancaster, Burt,1913-; Kinsella, W. P.;
Director of photography, John Lindley; production designer, Dennis Gassner; editor, Ian Crafford; music, James Horner.Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, James Earl Jones, Ray Liotta, Burt Lancaster.An Iowa farmer is inspired by a voice he cannot ignore to pursue a dream and turns his cornfield into a baseball field so that some baseball legends can come and play.MPAA rating: PG.General.DVD, Dolby digital 5.1 surround, NTSC 1.- Subjects: Baseball films.; Fantasy films; Video recordings for the hearing impaired; Feature films;
- © c1998., Universal Studios Home Video,
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- Daniel plays ball / by Testa, Maggie.; Steele-Saccio, Eva.; Fruchter, Jason.;
LSC- Subjects: Radio and television novels.; Tiger, Daniel (Fictitious character); Tiger; Neighbors; Friendship; Baseball stories.;
- © c2014., Simon Spotlight,
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- Swindle / by Korman, Gordon,1963-;
After unscrupulous collector S. Wendell Palamino cons him out of a valuable baseball card, sixth-grader Griffin Bing puts together a band of misfits to break into Palomino's heavily guarded store and steal the card back, planning to use the money to finance his father's failing invention, the SmartPick fruit picker.- Subjects: Crime; Baseball cards; Swindlers and swindling; Adventure and adventurers;
- © c2008., Scholastic Press,
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- Make a trade, Charlie Brown! / by Gallo, Tina.; Pope, Robert.; Schulz, Charles M.(Charles Monroe),1922-2000.;
Springtime means it's baseball season, and Charlie Brown wants this to be the year his team finally wins a game! Charlie Brown's only option is to make some trades to improve his team. He calls Peppermint Patty to make a deal, but she tells him there's only one player on his team she wants, "the funny-looking little kid with the big nose." Snoopy! Peppermint Patty offers Charlie Brown five good players for Snoopy. But will Charlie Brown trade his beloved beagle just to win a ball game?- Subjects: Readers (Publications); Brown, Charlie (Fictitious character); Snoopy (Fictitious character); Baseball;
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- Million dollar arm [videorecording] / by Arkin, Alan.; Bell, Lake,1979-; Hamm, Jon,1971-; Mandvi, Aasif,1966-; Mittal, Madhur.; Paxton, Bill.; Sharma, Suraj,1993-; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm); Walt Disney Pictures.; Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (Firm);
Music by A.R. Rahman ; cinematography, Gyula Pados ; edited by Tatiana S. Riegel.Jon Hamm, Alan Arkin, Bill Paxton, Lake Bell, Aasif Mandvi, Suraj Sharma, Madhur Mittal.JB Bernstein is a once-successful sports agent who may have to close his business. To save it, he comes up with an idea so radical it just might work. Setting off for Mumbai, JB stages a televised nationwide competition called "Million dollar arm" where two young finalists emerge as winners. JB brings them back to the US with a goal: get them signed as pitchers to a major league team. While the boys learn the game, they teach JB the meaning of teamwork and commitment, and JB finds a family.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.39:1); Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.- Subjects: Bernstein, J. B., 1968-; Biographical films.; Feature films.; Pitchers (Baseball); Sports agents; Sports films.;
- © c2014., Walt Disney Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment,
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- Meet me at the beach / by Sykes, V. K.;
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- Subjects: Love stories.; Contemporary romance.; Seashell Bay (Imaginary place); Baseball players; First loves; Beaches; Islands;
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- The girl who loved Tom Gordon / by King, Stephen,1947-;
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- Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Adventure stories.; Children of divorced parents; Pitchers (Baseball); Horror Fiction. ; Mountain life;
- © c1999., Scribner,
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- The Bromance Book Club / by Adams, Lyssa Kay,author.;
Nashville Legends second baseman Gavin Scott's marriage is in major league trouble. He's recently discovered a humiliating secret: his wife Thea has always faked the Big O. When he loses his cool at the revelation, it's the final straw on their already strained relationship. Thea asks for a divorce, and Gavin realizes he's let his pride and fear get the better of him. Welcome to the Bromance Book Club. Distraught and desperate, Gavin finds help from an unlikely source: a secret romance book club made up of Nashville's top alpha men. With the help of their current read, a steamy Regency titled Courting the Countess, the guys coach Gavin on saving his marriage. But it'll take a lot more than flowery words and grand gestures for this hapless Romeo to find his inner hero and win back the trust of his wife.- Subjects: Romance fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Baseball players; Book clubs (Discussion groups); Man-woman relationships; Romance fiction;
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