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2) Sugar
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Miguel 'Sugar' Santos is a talented Dominican baseball player who longs to break into the American big league and earn the money needed to support his impoverished family. He is a talented pitcher who might just have what it takes to earn a prized spot on a Major League Baseball team. Before that happens he'll have to prove his worth in the minor leagues. Advancing in baseball's minor league system at the tender age of 19, Miguel is warmly welcomed...
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A powerful story of the unprecedented athletic feats and accomplishments of the St. Louis Cardinals' Albert Pujols, one of the greatest baseball players to ever live ... and the faith that has made them possible.
"Después de una década de actuación con los Cardenales del Saint Louis, Albert Pujols has sido comparado ya con los nombres que se encuentran en los niveles más elevados del panteón del béisbol: Ruth, Gehring, Aaron, Mays ... Sin embargo,...
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David Ortiz se crió en la República Dominicana, firmó su primer contrato de grandes ligass con los Marineros de Seattle y, más tarde, perdió su lugar con los Mellizos de Minnesota para pasar a esa ciudad donde el béisbol es locura, Boston. Considerado por muchos hasta ese punto como un talento de bajo rendimiento, Ortiz se convirtió en uno de los toleteros más temidos y adorados del béisbol, ya cambió el curso de la historia del juego al...
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"Growing up the youngest of seven children in Puerto Rico, Roberto Clemente had a talent for baseball. His incredible skill soon got him drafted into the big leagues where he spent eighteen seasons playing right field for the Pittsburgh Pirates. This book tells the story of this remarkable athlete: a twelve-time All-Star, World Series MVP, and the first Latin American inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame"--
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Before Pedro Martínez pitched the Red Sox to a World Series championship, before he was named to the All-Star team eight times, before he won the Cy Young Award three times, he was a kid from a place called Manoguayabo in the Dominican Republic. Pedro loved baseball more than anything, and his older brother Ramón was the best pitcher he'd ever seen. He dreamed of the day he and his brother could play together in the major leagues. This is the story...
8) Bebé béisbol
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"A toddler spends an afternoon at the park with his family where he is introduced to baseball for the first time. He makes a few mistakes as he warms up, takes the field, and goes to bat, but he keeps going until he scores the final run of the day and goes to bed a winner." -- goodreads.com
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"Conoce al miembro del Salón de la Fama del Béisbol, Roberto Clemente, antes solo un niño de Carolina, Puerto Rico, al que le encantaba jugar pelota en las calles de su pueblo con sus parientes y amigos. Roberto, un estelar jardinero derecho, jugó dieciocho temporadas en las Grandes Ligas, pero su vida terminó trágicamente cuando el avión que había alquilado para llevar auxilio a Nicaragua chocó. Clemente, el primer jugador latinoamericano...
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"Pleibol! In the barrios and the big leagues / en los barrios y las grandes ligas takes readers on a journey into the heart and history of U.S. Latina/o baseball. The extraordinary stories of Latinas/os alongside the artifacts of their remarkable lives demonstrate the historic role baseball has played as a social and cultural force within Latino communities across the nation for over a century and how Latinos in particular have influenced and changed...
16) Babe Ruth
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A biography of the baseball player who became famous as a home run hitter for the New York Yankees.
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On New Year's Eve, 1972, following eighteen magnificent seasons in the major leagues, Roberto Clemente died a hero's death, killed in a plane crash as he attempted to deliver supplies to Nicaragua after an earthquake. Journalist Maraniss now brings the great baseball player back to life. Anyone who saw Clemente play will never forget him--he was a work of art in a game too often defined by statistics. But Clemente was that rare athlete who rose above...
19) Adrián Beltré
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Surveys the life and career of Dominican baseball star Adrian Beltre, who was the youngest player in the National League when he made his major league debut, and was honored in 2004 with the Babe Ruth Home Run Award for leading major league baseball with 48 home runs.
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