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Throwing Heat

author: Bowen, Fred
Eighth-grader Jack Lerner relies on pitching fast balls until a young college coach teaches him that throwing the heat may not be the best way to win games.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 13
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 600

Perfect Game

author: Bowen, Fred
Isaac is a perfectionist, especially when it comes to baseball, and is unable to cope when things go wrong until his coach asks him to help out with a Unified Sports basketball team on which intellectually-disabled and other children play together.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 550

T.j.'s Secret Pitch

author: Bowen, Fred
In his determination to pitch for his neighborhood baseball team, twelve-year-old T.
FIC
year: 1996
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
subjects: baseball, determination (personality trait), baseball stories [X]

Winners Take All

author: Bowen, Fred
Kyle fakes a catch that leads his baseball team to a league championship, but he does not feel good about winning by cheating and must make a difficult decision to tell the truth.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 13
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 560
subjects: baseball, honesty, sportsmanship, baseball stories [X]

Playoff Dreams

author: Bowen, Fred
Brendan, the best player on a losing baseball team, learns a lesson from a Chicago Cubs all-star about the true value of the game.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 580
subjects: baseball, winning and losing, baseball stories [X], sportsmanship

Lucky Enough

author: Bowen, Fred
Thirteen-year-old Trey, sure his lucky charm got him onto the Ravens thirteen-year-old travel baseball team, becomes increasingly superstitious and, when he loses the charm, he loses confidence, as well.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 570

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