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A move to a new town forces Baseball Joe to adapt to his new environment, and his quest to play on a local team doesn't go as smoothly as he had hoped. Meanwhile, Joe faces down a band of wily thieves that are trying to pilfer a groundbreaking invention from the family business.
“Why, here's Joe!”“So soon? I didn't expect him until night.”The girl who had uttered the first exclamation, and her mother whose surprise was manifested in the second, hurried to the door of the cottage, up the gravel walk to which a tall, athletic youth was then striding, swinging a heavy valise as though he enjoyed the weight of it.“Hello, Mother!” he called gaily. “How are you, Sis?” and a moment later Joe Matson was alternating his marks of affection between his mother and sister.“Well, it's good to be home again!” he went on, looking into the two faces which showed the pleasure felt in the presence of the lad. “Mighty good to be home again!”“And we're glad to have him; aren't we, Mother?”
Joe Matson overcomes the jealousy of lesser lights among Excelsior's twirlers, and pitches his school to the Blue Banner.
Baseball. For more than a hundred years, it's been the subject of short stories. Here is a classic collection of 20th Century tales by such masters as Zane Gray, Michael Avallone, Octavus Roy Cohen, and others -- including 6 novels in the "Baseball Joe" series! Included are: AW, LET THE KID HIT, by Michael Avallone THE WILD MAN, by Octavus Roy Cohen THE TRUMP CARD, by Octavus Roy Cohen MacGINLEY CATCHES MICE, by A. Lincoln Bender J ACK AND THE BEAN BALL, by Samuel G. Camp INFORM MR. SWEENEY, by Samuel G. Camp THE REDHEADED OUTFIELD, by Zane Grey THE RUBE, by Zane Grey THE RUBE'S PENNANT, by Zane Grey THE RUBE'S HONEYMOON, by Zane Grey THE RUBE'S WATERLOO, by Zane Grey BREAKING INTO FAST COMP...
Baseball Joe on the School Nine By Lester Chadwick
"Lester Chadwick" was one of the many pen names used by Howard R. Garis, a remarkably prolific author of books geared to younger audiences. In Baseball Joe in the Central League, Joe reaches out to a down-on-his-luck retired player, Pop Dutton, and in return receives some top-notch tips on pitching.
During his stint as a college player at Yale, Baseball Joe's reputation as an ace player continues to grow -- so much so that he provokes the envy of many of his teammates and falls prey to a stunt designed to besmirch his good name. Will Joe be able to set things right before it's time for the playoffs?
Focusing on the ten most influential baseball books of all time, this volume explores how these landmark works changed the game itself and made waves in American society at large. Satchel Paige's Pitchin' Man informed the dialog surrounding integration. Ring Lardner's You Know Me Al changed the way Americans viewed their baseball heroes and influenced the work of Hemingway and Fitzgerald. Bill James's Baseball Abstract transformed the way managers--including those in fields other than baseball--analyzed numbers. Pete Rose's My Story and My Prison Without Bars exposed and deepened a cultural divide that paved the way for Donald Trump.