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Positions in baseball / Amy B. Rogers.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Positions on the teamPublisher: New York : PowerKids Press, 2023Description: 32 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781538386958
  • 153838695X
  • 9781538386934
  • 1538386933
  • 9781668846971
  • 1668846977
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Playing America's pastime -- Batting basics -- You're out! -- Running the bases -- The perfect pitch -- Behind the plate -- First things first -- Turning two -- The hot corner -- What's a shortstop? -- Left, right, center -- What about softball? -- More to learn.
Summary: Looks at the different positions in baseball, describing how they work together to help the team win.Summary: "Baseball is often called "America's Pastime." It's one of the most popular sports in the United States and in many other countries around the world too. Many kids grow up playing baseball. The best baseball players make it to the highest level of the sport in the United States: Major League Baseball (MLB). Whether you want to make it to the MLB someday or just root for your favorite team, it helps to know as much as you can about this sport. Every player on a baseball team as a different job to do, and understanding those jobs can make playing and watching baseball even more fun!"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 796.3572 R724 Checked out 07/17/2024 33111010922298
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

There are many players on a baseball diamond at one time. What are their jobs? Readers find out as they explore the different positions on a baseball team and what skills they need to succeed at each one. From a shortstop's quick reflexes to a hitter's good eye and a pitcher's strong arm, readers discover that it takes a variety of players with a variety of talents to make a great baseball team. Detailed main text, fact boxes, and sidebars are paired with full-color photographs of both baseball and softball players to appeal to both athletes and fans of America's Pastime.

"Portions of this work were originally authored by Ryan Nagelhout and published as Baseball: Who does what? All new material in this edition was authored by Amy B. Rogers"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.

Playing America's pastime -- Batting basics -- You're out! -- Running the bases -- The perfect pitch -- Behind the plate -- First things first -- Turning two -- The hot corner -- What's a shortstop? -- Left, right, center -- What about softball? -- More to learn.

Looks at the different positions in baseball, describing how they work together to help the team win.

"Baseball is often called "America's Pastime." It's one of the most popular sports in the United States and in many other countries around the world too. Many kids grow up playing baseball. The best baseball players make it to the highest level of the sport in the United States: Major League Baseball (MLB). Whether you want to make it to the MLB someday or just root for your favorite team, it helps to know as much as you can about this sport. Every player on a baseball team as a different job to do, and understanding those jobs can make playing and watching baseball even more fun!"-- Provided by publisher.

Age 9+ PowerKids Press.

Grades 4-6 PowerKids Press.

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