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Nolan Arenado / Greg Bach.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Ballpark greats: pro baseball's best playersPublisher: Broomall, Pennsylvania : Mason Crest, an imprint of National Highlights, Inc., [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 80 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781422244425
  • 1422244423
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Contents:
Greatest moments -- The road to the top -- On the diamond -- Words count -- Off the diamond -- Series glossary of key terms -- Further reading & internet -- Resources -- Index -- Author biography & credits.
Summary: Nolan Arenado of the Colorado Rockies is the first player in National League history to snag a Gold Glove Award as a rookie third baseman, and his remarkable ability to make impossible-looking plays has earned him Gold Gloves in each of his first six seasons in the major leagues, a feat that has never been done before in the history of baseball.
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Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Biography ARENADO, N. B118 Available 33111010384119
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"Nolan Arenado's first half dozen seasons in the major leagues have been marked by performances never seen before in the history of baseball, laying the foundation for a career that appears destined to some day wind up at the Hall of Fame. The Colorado Rockies' third baseman has turned in more great plays than Shakespeare, as his highlight reel of impossible-to-believe acrobatics continues to grow and amaze. Thanks to footwork that would make a ballerina smile, Arenado routinely glides to his left to gobble up would-be base hits, and he is equally efficient diving to his right to make backhanded stabs of balls hit down the third-base line. To top it all off, he possesses a lethal arm capable of making throws few can and in the process sending hitters back to the dugout muttering in disbelief. Whether he's kneeling in the infield dirt, bare-handing a slow roller in the grass, drifting backward, going airborne, or off balance on one leg, Arenado's spectacular playmaking has announcers around the league running out of superlatives to describe his plays. Arenado won a Gold Glove his rookie season, becoming the first National League third baseman to pull off that feat ever. And he has won the award every season since, hoarding six of the prestigious awards so far. To put this golden run into context, consider that Hall of Fame third basemen Brooks Robinson, Mike Schmidt, George Brett, and Wade Boggs never did that to start their careers. Arenado brings more than spectacular fielding to the ballpark, though. He is a genuine headache for pitchers with his game-changing power. Three times he has led or tied for the National League lead in home runs (HR), including in 2015 when he blasted a career-high 42 of them, and twice he has led the major leagues in RBI. During a glorious two-season stretch (2015 and 2016) he drove in 263 runs while bombing 83 homers. The five-time all-star and four-time National League Silver Slugger Award winner has been a consistent presence at the plate, hitting a sturdy .294, .309, and .297 from 2016 to 2018. Plus, he is proficient on the base paths, as his National League-leading 43 doubles in 2017 shows. He's also just the second third baseman in major league history with at least 75 extra-base hits in four consecutive seasons. Grabbed in the second round of the 2009 draft, Nolan Arenado's name can already be found throughout the Colorado Rockies' record book, and he has put his name on some of the game's most significant records as well. Thanks to an eight-year, $260 million contract extension he inked earlier this year, he will continue to dazzle at Coors Field in Denver for years to come, adding to his exploits as already one of the greatest players in the game today"--

Includes webography.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Greatest moments -- The road to the top -- On the diamond -- Words count -- Off the diamond -- Series glossary of key terms -- Further reading & internet -- Resources -- Index -- Author biography & credits.

Nolan Arenado of the Colorado Rockies is the first player in National League history to snag a Gold Glove Award as a rookie third baseman, and his remarkable ability to make impossible-looking plays has earned him Gold Gloves in each of his first six seasons in the major leagues, a feat that has never been done before in the history of baseball.

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