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Odd man out Odd man out Matt McCarthy A novel of chilling suspense about a father who will do anything to protect his teenage daughterFollowing the tragic deaths of his wife and son, antiques dealer Terence Cave is left alone to raise hi… OL11994036W
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon [adaptation] The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon [adaptation] Peter Abrahams Stephen King's award-winning, best-selling novel "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon" is stunningly told in this, the first pop-up book by the master of suspense. It is a fairy tale grimmer than Grimm, re… OL14953756W
The Complete Game The Complete Game Ron Darling Ron Darling has been beloved by Mets fans since he helped his team win the 1986 World Series. Today he is considered one of the most articulate and insightful broadcasters in baseball, bringing the g… OL14981247W
The Bullpen Gospels The Bullpen Gospels Dirk Hayhurst From the humble heights of a Class-A pitcher's mound to the deflating lows of sleeping on his gun-toting grandmother's air mattress, veteran reliever Dirk Hayhurst steps out of the bullpen to deliver… OL14994951W
Foul Play Foul Play Tori Carrington Struggling to break into the private investigator scene in Queens, Greek-American Sophie Metropolis searches for a missing New York Mets pitcher whose look-alike brother has also disappeared. OL15836407W
Nobody's perfect Nobody's perfect Armando Galarraga The Detroit Tigers pitcher and veteran umpire share their respective views on the June 2, 2010 game that was entered into the record books with what the umpire believes was his erroneous call on the … OL16462148W
They call me Oil Can They call me Oil Can Dennis Boyd "The autobiography of ex-major league pitcher Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd"-- OL16498983W
Wherever I wind up Wherever I wind up R.A. Dickey "A memoir written by baseball pitcher R.A. Dickey"-- OL16509552W
Calico Joe Calico Joe John Grisham Review Written by Bernie Weisz, Historian Pembroke Pines, Florida, U.S.A. September 30, 2012 Contact: [email protected] Title of Review: The Code of Baseball, A Ruined Childhood & A Trip Down Memory L… OL16628377W
Heartland weddings Heartland weddings Jennifer Johnson A wedding song in Lexington, Kentucky: "Every day Megan McKinney watches women drop by the law firm to visit her boss, Justin Frasure. Even though he became a Christian three months ago, nothing's ch… OL18024087W
Sports great Greg Maddux Sports great Greg Maddux Stew Thornley A biography of the star pitcher for the Atlanta Braves who has won the Cy Young award for four consecutive years. OL1818606W
Greg Maddux Greg Maddux Richard Rambeck A biography of the Atlanta Braves' pitcher who was named baseball's Player of the Year in 1995. OL1822753W
Slider Slider Patrick Robinson Each summer, on the fields of glorious Cape Marlin, off the New England coast, the nation's best college players gather to play the most important baseball of their lives.Jack Faber is a young hotsho… OL1973606W
Walter Johnson Walter Johnson Jack Kavanagh A biography of the Hall of Fame baseball player who was deemed the greatest pitcher of his era. OL1990104W
Bigger than the game Bigger than the game Dirk Hayhurst Dirk's latest memoir about his sports injury, his rehab, and the lessons he learned outside of the game, will go down as yet another baseball classic. A possibly career ending injury looks to knock … OL19976313W
Making my pitch Making my pitch Ila Jane Borders xix, 224 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm OL20055220W
Wherever I wind up Wherever I wind up R. A. Dickey "A memoir written by baseball pitcher R.A. Dickey"-- A personal account about the author's unlikely journey to the big leagues describes how his athletic dream was destroyed by medical findings and … OL20879999W
Pitch Black Pitch Black Christine Turner Jackson Set in the turbulent 1950's, while Jackie Robinson is shattering racial barriers in the National Baseball League, Benny Turner, a teenager is growing up in the ever-changing nation's capital, Washing… OL24203222W
Better than perfect Better than perfect Kristina Mathews "Pitcher Johnny "The Monk" Scottsdale has won awards, been named an All-star and has a perfect game to his credit. Known for his legendary control both on and off the field, his pristine public image… OL24250705W
Strike out the side Strike out the side Brandon Terrell Looking for some new skills for the pitcher's mound, Logan Parrish visits Sal's Used Sporting Goods, where he meets a former minor league pitcher. OL24690211W
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