All-Star Sports Stories: Baseball
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When a twelve-year-old shortstop loses the glove that "magically" helped him make fantastic catches, he wonders whether it was the sole secret of his success.
When Kyle fakes a catch, his baseball team goes on to win the league championship but Kyle doesn't feel good about winning by cheating. Includes a section on the sportsmanship of Christy Mathewson, a pitcher who played professional baseball in the early 1900s.
In his determination to pitch for his neighborhood baseball team, twelve-year-old T.J. adopts the unorthodox style of the legendary Rip Sewell.
When they lose their coach, Scott and his teammates decide that he should try his hand at coaching, but it takes teamwork and the efforts of a player they call "Brain" to produce a winning season.
Brendan, the best player on a losing baseball team, learns a lesson from a Chicago Cubs all-star about the true value of the game.