Baffling Baseball Trivia

Baseball fans can enjoy fascinating stories about great plays and controversial calls on the diamond, all while testing their own knowledge of the game. Is there a limit to a bat’s length and weight? If a batter swings for his third strike and misses, but the ball gets away from the catcher, can he still run to first? Or is he out? And what happens if the wrong batter comes up to hit—and the right player suddenly realizes that they’re out of order? Through a series of true tales, find out about little-known rules of pitching, batting, and fielding, as well as weird situations that have occurred, smart strategies for winning, and funny things have taken place over the years.

The Teacher's Guide is a page-by-page guide that gives you additional activities to enhance the student's learning opportunities by using cross-curricular materials. The Teacher's Guide includes a page-by-page guide filled with vocabulary, science, geography, math culture and more. You become the expert and we have done all the research.

It's time to "Play bal!" when Christina, Grant, Mimi, and Papa take a tour of baseball's most famous places and slide head-first into a mystery complete with broken bats, blistering fastballs, and a diamond more valuable than a game-winning home run! Look What's Inside This Mystery -people, places, history and more!Places: Turner Field, Atlanta, GA National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Cooperstown, NY Babe Ruth Birth Place Museum, Baltimore, MD Peter J. McGovern Little League Museum, Williamsport, PA Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory, Louisville, KY Fenway Park, Boston, MA Yankee Stadium, NY Puerto Rico Plaza at Turner Field Adirondack Mountains The Grandstand Theater Otsego LakeEducational Items: Rules of Baseball Negro American League All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Delta Airlines Coca Cola Atlanta Braves Boston Braves/Beaneaters 1996 World Series 1996 Summer Olympics Baseball Statistics New York Yankees The Great Depression Civil War Milwaukee BravesPeople: Babe Ruth Chipper Jones Hank Aaron Abner Doubleday Jackie Robinson Roberto Clemente Derek Jeter Ty Cobb Honus Wagner CY Young Mickey Mantle Lou Gehrig Phillip WrigleyThis mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that keep kids begging for more! Each mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, a scavenger hunt and activities. This Carole Marsh Mystery has Accelerated Reader Reading Levels, Lexile Measures, Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Levels and Developmental Reading Assessments Levels.

Taking a cue from the legendary TV game show Name That Tune, Wayne Stewart's Name That Ballplayer is a unique baseball quiz book. This is not just a list of questions followed by the answers. Readers are given three sets of clues to help them name the ballplayer in question. If they get the player on the first clue, they are awarded five points. If they require a second clue, they get only three points. And if they need the final clue they're still rewarded, but with only one point. Not only are the clues given in "tiers," but the book's four chapters run from extremely easy (e.g., identifying the likes of Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron) to much more obscure (where was Mickey Mantle born? what do you remember about Johnny Bench?).

From 1995 to 2005, the Atlanta Braves were the perennial National League East division champions. Today, however, parity has made this division one of the most interesting and competitive in major league baseball. Take an insider’s tour of the NL East, a division featuring the Braves, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Florida Marlins, and Washington Nationals.

Challenges fans to better understand the rules by presenting routine calls, basic situations, and obscure rules and situations.

Presents strategic situations in football where the reader is encouraged to determine the legality of each play, from pass interference calls to the rules of fumbles and illegal touching.

Introduces the history, star players, memorable games, and traditions of the American League Central division.