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1) Calico Joe
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In this novel, the careers of a golden boy rookie hitter for the Cubs and a hard-hitting Mets pitcher take very different paths. The baseball is thrilling, but it is what happens off the field that makes this story a classic.
2) Double play
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“Parker pretty much defies category altogether in this deeply felt and intimately told memory tale, which takes place during the historic baseball season of 1947...Fusing this chapter of sports history with a hard-boiled gangster plot and haunting recollections of his own Boston boyhood, Parker fashions a hugely entertaining fiction.”—The New York Times
1947: Jackie Robinson breaks major-league baseball’s color...
1947: Jackie Robinson breaks major-league baseball’s color...
3) Sizzling
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A spiteful article about the former pitcher and current playboy questions his talent in the bedroom. And the newspaper's just the first bad news. Reid's grandmother Gloria's broken hip means she needs constant care—but Reid hired Nurses 1 and 2 for their bedside manner with him. So for Number 3 he chooses Lori Johnson, the first candidate who seems immune to his brand of charm.
Lori's never wasted her time with amoebas like Reid Buchanan....
Lori's never wasted her time with amoebas like Reid Buchanan....
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Convinced there's more to Rowdy than a good fastball, a wicked smile, and a tight pair of pants, Breeanne can't help but be tempted. After all, it's boring always being the good girl, and Rowdy dares her to be just a little bad. The stakes are high, but win or lose, this time Breeanne's breaking all the rules playing the game of love.
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Bromance book club volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"Nashville Legends second baseman Gavin Scott's marriage is in major league trouble. He's recently discovered a humiliating secret: his wife Thea has always faked the Big O. When he loses his cool at the revelation, it's the final straw on their already strained relationship. Thea asks for a divorce, and Gavin realizes he's let his pride and fear get the better of him. Distraught and desperate, Gavin finds help from an unlikely source: a secret romance...
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Pub. Date
2014
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English
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A sizzling story of everyone's favorite couple from amazing Stephanie Evanovich's New York Times bestseller Big Girl Panties: hunky professional baseball player Chase Walker and his sassy wife Amanda.
When pro baseball player Chase Walker first meets Amanda at her restaurant, it's love at first sight. While Amanda can't help noticing the superstar with the Greek-god-build, he doesn't have a chance of getting to first—or any other—base
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Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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Jason Goodyear is the star outfielder for the Los Angeles Lions, stationed with the rest of his team in the punishingly hot Arizona desert for their annual spring training. Handsome, famous, and talented, Goodyear is nonetheless coming apart at the seams. And the coaches, writers, wives, girlfriends, petty criminals, and diehard fans following his every move are eager to find out why--as they hide secrets of their own.
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When the town pariah Lizzie Ouellette is found dead, with her husband missing, Detective Ian Bird discovers a link to a social media influencer and wife of a disgraced billionaire who had a relationship with Lizzie that cut across class boundaries-and ultimately became deadly.
Copper Falls, Maine. The local junkyard is burning, and town pariah Lizzie Ouellette is dead-- with her husband, Dwayne, nowhere to be found. Detective Ian Bird's inquiries...
12) Hooked on you
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Maple Falls novels volume 1
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English
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"Riley McAllister left Maple Falls, Arkansas hoping to make it big in New York as a mixed media artist. When her grandmother breaks a leg sliding into third base at a church softball game, Riley plans to convince her grandmother to sell the family yarn shop and retire. Hayden Price's chance to make it out of Maple Falls ended when he blew out his pitching arm during a minor league game. Stuck at the family hardware store, he's coaching the softball...
13) The trade
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Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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A baseball player gets traded to the team of his childhood rivals. He swears not to get involved with anyone during the season but finds it hard to resist a perfect girl named Natalie.
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2011
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English
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"At Westish College, a small school on the shore of Lake Michigan, baseball star Henry Skrimshander seems destined for big-league stardom. But when a routine throw goes disastrously off course, the fates of five people are upended."--from publisher's description.
16) Scoring with him
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Men of summer volume 1
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"Falling for the rookie wasn't part of the plan. As a pro athlete, I have one unbreakable rule when it comes to men -- Don't date another baseball player. Good thing I haven't been tempted once in four years in the majors. Until the day a rising star walks into my locker room. Outgoing, affable, and sexy-as-sin, Grant has confidence and talent for miles. He seems to get me too, maybe because we each have our fair share of secrets and scars -- ones...
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"The Tri-County Summer Solstice Celebration has come to town, and even among local artisans, athletes, and marching bands, Hannah attracts fans of her own while serving lip-smacking pink lemonade desserts. But the mood sours when a body turns up, leading revelers to wonder if the festivities mark both the longest day of the year and the deadliest. A retired professional MLB player has met a terrifying end and, considering the rumors swirling about...
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Jesse Stone mysteries volume 13
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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"Police Chief Jesse Stone is back in the remarkable new installment of the New York Times-bestselling series. It's been a long time since Jesse Stone left L.A., and longer still since the tragic injury that ruined his chances for a professional baseball career. When Jesse is invited to a reunion of his old Triple-A team, he is forced to grapple with his memories and his regrets over what might have been. But his time at the reunion is cut short...
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Pub. Date
2011
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English
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Sports agent Liz Darnell is in risk of losing her number one client, baseball pro Gavin Riley. When she offers herself as part of the bargain, he's more than ready... but decides to throw a little curveball her way to see just how far she's willing to go to keep him as a client...
20) Fireside
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Lakeshore chronicles volume 5
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English
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Bo Crutcher, a professional baseball player, gets help from Kimberly van Dorn, a public relations expert, in dealing with both the media and his long-lost son, AJ. While spending the winter with Bo and AJ at Willow Lake, Kimberly begins to fall in love.
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