by Robert Kraus (2000)
Mort's attempts to excel at playing both baseball and the violin make him so confused that he decides to take up chess instead.
Kevin Markey
Eleven-year-old slugger Banjo "The Great Walloper" Bishbash is overcome by a nasty hitting slump as he tries to lead the Rambletown Rounders to the division baseball championship. Eleven-year-old slugger Banjo "The Great Walloper" Bishbash is overcome by a nasty hitting slump as he tries to lead the Rambletown Rounders to the division baseball championship. Book #1
David Patneaude
After they hear stories about their baseball field being haunted by the ghost of a boy who died there many years ago, twelve-year-old Nelson and his teammates start finding mysterious messages written in the dirt.
Betsy Duffey
Lucky the dog tries to regain his spot as left fielder on his master's losing baseball team after a new coach arrives and banishes Lucky from the ball park.
edited and with an introduction by Trey Strecker
Dead Balls and Double Curves: An Anthology of Early Baseball Fiction collects twenty-two classic stories from baseball s youth, presented in chronological order to capture the development of this most American of sports.