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Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
"Red Sox fans fill Fenway Park in Boston to see the living legend David Ortiz play. Known as 'Big Papi,' the designated hitter Ortiz has astonished baseball fans with huge hits and a big smile. In this fact-filled biography, readers discover that Ortiz learned about baseball from his father in the Dominican Republic. They follow Ortiz's path from high school to his first professional contract with the Seattle Mariners, his trade to the Minnesota Twins,...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Before Pedro Mart©Ưnez 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 Ram©đn 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...
12) Sammy Sosa
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2000]
Description
A biography of the Chicago Cubs outfielder who in 1998, along with Mark McGuire, broke the home run record previously set by Roger Maris.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Antes de que Pedro Mart©Ưnez fuese elegido al Salon de la fama del B©♭isbol, antes de que hiciera posible que los Medias Rojas ganaran la Serie Mundial, antes de que fuera seleccionado ocho veces para formar parte del equipo recibiera el Premio Cy Young tres veces, Pedro era un ni©ło que naci©đ en Manoguayabo, un peque©ło pueblo de la Rep©ðblica Dominicana. Pedro amaba el b©♭isbol m©Łs que nada en el mundo, y Ram©đn, su hermano...
14) Papi: my story
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
David "Big Papi" Ortiz is a baseball icon and one of the most popular figures ever to play the game. As a key part of the Boston Red Sox for 14 years, David has helped the team win 3 World Series, bringing back a storied franchise from "never wins" to "always wins." He helped them upend the doubts, the naysayers, the nonbelievers and captured the imagination of millions of fans along the way, as he launched balls into the stands again, and again,...
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