Littlest of all the little leaguers, Harold has a hard time finding some way to really help his team.

"Lupe Wong is going to be the first female pitcher in the Major Leagues. She's also championed causes her whole young life. Some worthy ... like expanding the options for race on school tests beyond just a few bubbles. And some not so much...like complaining to the BBC about the length between Doctor Who seasons. Lupe needs an A in all her classes in order to meet her favorite pitcher, Fu Li Hernandez, who's Chinacan/Mexinese just like her. So when...

A collection of baseball stories, real and unreal. The title story is a romance between a player and a girl in whose family he is staying, in The Baseball Wolf a player becomes a werewolf, while in The Darkness Deep Inside, a player who returns from the dead finds he is unpopular because in dying he lost his aggressive spirit.

Chuck and his buddies decide to form a baseball team, but they still need a catcher.

"Even the most die-hard baseball fans don't know the true story of William "Blockade Billy" Blakely. He may have been the greatest player the game has ever seen, but today no one remembers his name. He was the first--and only--player to have his existence completely removed from the record books. Even his team is long forgotten, barely a footnote in the game's history. Every effort was made to erase any evidence that William Blakely played professional...

Strike-out king, Herbie Jones, feels that the summer is ruined when his uncle arrives to coach a baseball team and asks Herbie to join up.

Mike Hagin offers his new friend from Russia the first baseman's position on the little league team before he finds out the boy can't play baseball.

At the height of anti-German fever in 1918 a baseball player by the name of Kaiser is shot during the July 4th parade in Chicago. Suspects include various self-styled patriots and a player who lost his job to Kaiser. To find the killer Mickey Rawlings, himself a player, takes a job in a war factory.

Daniel, Prince Wednesday, and Miss Elaina are playing at the park with Prince Tuesday. The group decides to play a game of animal ball, but Daniel can't seem to catch the ball. With some encouragement from Prince Tuesday, Daniel discovers that if he keeps trying, he will get better.

"Cousins Liam and Carter work hard to earn positions on their regional All Star baseball teams"--