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Keeping track of all the fascinating baseball facts and statistics can make your head spin faster than a curveball. You hear about blazing speeds (the average Major League fastball is 92 miles per hour), huge numbers (Barry Bonds hit 762 home runs), and powerful dynasties (the New York Yankees have won the World Series 27 times). Engaging infographics relate facts and key concepts about baseball, from how pitchers throw a curve ball to the crucial timing of a home run. Detailed data art allows readers to visualize important baseball concepts and explore notable aspects of America's Favorite Pastime. The vibrant infographics on each spread appeal to struggling readers and help them analyze and interpret baseball information and statistics.

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Each page spread in this small volume offers a readily visualized aspect of professional baseball, from the materials that compose the ball to the physics of throwing a curveball to the statistics of player height and World Series wins by team. This attractive compilation of trivia is tailor-made for fact-hungry middle-graders eager to get their hands on information as quickly as possible and with minimal reading. Though in some instances the text is small and difficult to read, for the most part, each graphics-heavy spread neatly and effectively depicts its topic. For beginning researchers using print materials for projects, this is a solid starting point, though some of the measures can be a little misleading, such as one infographic illustrating rising wages of ballplayers during the last century that fails to mention inflation. Back matter includes a helpful list of web resources, which will be especially crucial for students, since baseball stats and facts change frequently. A great fit for baseball fans eager to know anything and everything about their favorite game. --Booklist --Journal Lerner keeps the ball rolling with these books (previous series include 'Super Science Infographics' and 'Super Social Studies Infographics'). As with previous titles, these are closer to attractively presented factoids that true infographics. However, there is plenty of fun material for sports fans (diagram of a baseball, player sizes over the years), and these bright, well-designed offerings are a cut above most athletic-oriented titles. --School Library Journal --Journal

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Eric Braun has written dozens of books for readers of all ages and edited hundreds more. He is a McKnight fellow and a nice fellow, and he likes to ride his bike really far and really fast. He lives in Minneapolis with his wife and two sons, some of whose antics have found their way into his books (unbeknownst to them).

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