Dick Farrar was glum. The baseball team he had helped organize couldn’t seem to get a winning combination together. Then one day, in the midst of an important play, something happens to Dick. For some strange reason, all the action on the field seems to freeze, and a man who calls himself a wizard appears …
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Billy Joe was a fine football player. His brother told him he could catch a pass just as if he had glue on his fingers. But Billy Joe wouldn’t play on any team. He knew he was good but he also was afraid that the other boys would make fun of him because he stuttered. …
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Chip really wanted a new glove. The one he owned had once belonged to his father, and it was okay, but Chip couldn’t get the idea of a new one out of his head. Using money he has saved, Chip finally does go out and buy the glove he’s longed for. Then he throws the …
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When their coach becomes ill and their baseball team starts falling apart, several of the Blazers begin receiving coaching tips from an anonymous phone caller.
After first baseman Turtleneck Jones takes a fast-moving throw from his team’s shortstop right in the chest, he starts shying away from the ball and missing easy plays because he’s afraid of being hit again. Coach Parker has no choice but to replace Turtleneck with the Mudders’ substitute player. Will Turtleneck be able to find …
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While trying to ask Uncle Pete to coach for the Peach Street Mudders, Zero discovers that he can throw a slider when there’s a big bandage on his injured thumb.
Pepper Pride was new to town and wanted to make friends fast. So when some local kids told him they needed a goalie for their soccer team, he lied and said he had played goalie in his old town. It isn’t easy to play goalie when you’re short and new to the position. What Pepper …
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Jabber Morris has his heart set on playing soccer, but his family is pressuring him to play football. Tension at home builds when Jabber’s brother suspects him of stealing. Now he has to tell his uncle that he’s decided to play soccer – and convince his brother that he’s not a thief. One of the …
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What would you do if warlock put a hex on you? Jerry Steele couldn’t understand why he had suddenly turned into such a bumbler on the basketball court. Last year he was the team’s star player, but this year he couldn’t score a point. When Jerry meets Danny Weatherspoon he really begins to think something …
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Curt Schilling built his pitching career with three different Major League Baseball teams: the Philadelphia Phillies, the Arizona Diamondbacks, and the Boston Red Sox. Yet he wasn’t considered major league material. This exciting biography traces the life of one of baseball’s superstar pitcher.