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Black History Month - Youth
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OBD Sports Books (Brochure) - YOUTH
Good Sports
OBD Black History Month (February) - YOUTH
OBD Sports Books (Brochure) - YOUTH
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An eye-opening look at the life and legacy of Jackie Robinson, the man who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball and became an American hero.
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Baseball is famously known as America s pastime, and today more than 73 million fans attend Major League Baseball games to admire world-class players performing at their best. Little Leagues all across America groom boys to claim spots on MLB teams next to top players from the Dominican Republic, Japan, Venezuela, and Cuba. Softball, commonly known as baseball s sister sport, gained greater participation from young female athletes after the American...
5) Baseball
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Introduces readers to baseball, with an emphasis on the sport's rules, equipment, and safety guidelines. Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text aid comprehension for early readers. Features include a table of contents, an infographic, fun facts, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state...
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"At the age of thirteen, Mo'ne Davis became the first female pitcher to win a game in the Little League World Series. She was the first Little Leaguer to be featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated in the magazine's sixty-year history. And as she began eighth grade in the fall of 2014, Mo'ne earned a place in the National Baseball Hall of Fame - her shutout jersey now hangs in the museum in Cooperstown, New York. Mo'ne's story is one of determination,...
7) MLB
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"This title tells the story of Major League Baseball, from its beginnings more than a century ago to its status today as the home of America's pastime. Readers will learn about the league's greatest stars, coaches, and dynasties, as well as the most iconic ballparks and sport-rocking scandals. Features include infographics, a glossary, websites, source notes, and an index."--Amazon.
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"Throughout the history of the United States' national pastime, great players have thrilled fans with home run blasts, dazzling pitching performances, and skillful defensive work in the field. This title explores achievements of baseball's greats from over 100 years of Major League competition. The title features exciting stories, engaging photographs, informative sidebars, honorable mentions, a glossary, and an index."--Amazon.com
9) Baseball
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Learn about the science behind the game of baseball, including concepts such as acceleration, kinetics, torque, and velocity.
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Baseball is a game of numbers, angles, and physics. Science, technology, engineering, and math come together in the game of baseball from the design of the stadium to the ways a pitcher throws and a batter swings. As readers discover the science behind this popular sport, colorful photographs show important areas of STEM curricula in action at the ballpark. Informative text, graphic organizers, and sidebars help readers learn that science concepts...
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"Analytics is the process of finding patterns in data to aid in making better decisions. Baseball is well suited to analytics because it produces lots of data for each game--as in mountains of data, about hits, runs, pitches, catches, swings, misses, and every other action that takes place inside the ballpark. Front offices in baseball swear by the new data-driven approach, making it key to their hiring practices. Often the science of analytics dovetails...
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