Baseball Great, Tim Green
Baseball Great, Tim Green
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Baseball Great

Author: Tim Green

Narrator: Tim Green

Unabridged: 4 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 03/24/2009


Synopsis

From New York Times bestselling author and former NFL player Tim Green comes a baseball book pulsing with action. Baseball Great offers a baseball story attuned to today’s headlines, a totally involving, character-driven, sports-centered thriller. Perfect for fans of Mike Lupica. As a young reviewer on Brightly.com said: “Great book with many exciting, surprising events that make you want to keep reading.""When the school paper calls him “Grant Middle’s best hope for its first-ever city-wide championship,” Josh feels like he’s starting to get noticed—in good and bad ways. Seeing Josh’s talent, his father drags him out of the school baseball tryouts and gets him in the running for the Titans, the local youth championship team coached by Rocky Valentine.All Josh really wants to do is play ball, but now Rocky wants him to gulp down protein shakes and other supplements. Suspicious, Josh and his new friend, Jaden, uncover a dangerous secret—and catch the attention of one man who will do anything to keep them from exposing it.

About Tim Green

Tim Green, for many years a star defensive end with the Atlanta Falcons, is a man of many talents. He's the author of such gripping books for adults as the New York Times bestselling The Dark Side of the Game and American Outrage. Tim graduated covaledictorian from Syracuse University and was a first-round draft pick. He later earned his law degree with honors, and he has also worked as an NFL commentator for FOX Sports and NPR.His first book for young readers, Football Genius, inspired in part by his players and his own kids, became a New York Times bestseller and was followed by Football Hero, Football Champ, The Big Time, and Deep Zone. He drew on his experiences playing and coaching Little League for Rivals and Pinch Hit and two more New York Times bestsellers: Baseball Great and Best of the Best.Bestselling author Jon Scieszka called Tim Green's Unstoppable, a book about a boy's struggle with cancer that debuted at #2 on the New York Times bestseller list, ""Absolutely heroic. And something every guy should read.”Tim Green lives with his wife, Illyssa, and their five children in upstate New York.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Noah on December 11, 2013

I really enjoyed this book because it combined my love of baseball,mystery, and action into one book.The main boy,Josh, is this "baseball great" and his dad was one too. To reach his full potential, Josh's dad makes him play for an intense traveling team instead of his school team that all of his fr......more

Goodreads review by Matt on April 05, 2016

I like it it keeps you interested one high point to the next.......more

Goodreads review by Kaimani on March 15, 2017

baseball great is a good book its kind of about bullying and being a good baseball player his dad is a pro baseball player and plays for red sox and josh is getting big in baseball and the school reporter is writing about josh and saying he is a "medical" to the baseball league.I like this book beca......more

Goodreads review by Xavier.F on January 10, 2020

stick threw it......more

Goodreads review by Charlie on September 17, 2019

It all started when Josh opened the school’s newspaper to see the headline “Baseball Great: Grant Middle’s best hope for its first-ever citywide championship, Josh LeBlanc,” which was written by Jaden Neidermyer. Jaden is Josh’s new friend who will always help Josh and sits with him at lunch. During......more