Dale Murphy-- baseball's gentle giant

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Richard J. Brenner

Alex Rodriguez the three-time American league MVP (Most Valuable Player) is one of the most feared hitters in baseball. In three separate seasons A-Rod has cracked more than 50 homers and has reached 500 dingers faster than any other player. Whether he is hitting, fielding, or running the bases, he is leading the way and playing his way into the Hall of Fame. Albert Pujols, the slugging first baseman, is the most feared hitter in the National League. He has received the National League Rookie of the Year Award, 2003 batting title, 2005 Most Valuable Player Award, and led the St. Louis Cardinals to the 2006 World Series championship.

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Matt J. Simmons

Highlights the life and career of an American baseball player who became the first African American to play major league baseball in the modern era. This biography profiles the life of Jackie Robinson, the first African American player in Major League Baseball.

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Harvey Rosenfeld

Since May 30, 1982, Cal Ripken, Jr., of the Baltimore Orioles hasn't missed a game - a marathon performance during which he has won the 1982 Rookie of the Year Award, two American League MVP awards, an All-Star Game MVP award, two Gold Gloves, and a World Series title. Now Cal is about to topple baseball's most unbreakable record - Lou Gehrig's incredible streak of 2,130 consecutive games played. Iron Man chronicles Junior's ascent to superstardom. What was it like playing baseball with a father as manager and a brother as a double-play combination? How did his father's firing and his brother's trade affect him? What made him choose the strike over the Streak?

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Jim Gigliotti

Presents information, including biographical profiles and career statistics, about some of the major league baseball's best pitchers.