From hardships to championships
Subtitle: learning life's lessons
By: by Glenn Stout
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9780547887357
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Baseball players; Conduct of life; Biography
Description: Baseball is a great sport, but not all players had the home life as kids that nurtured their talent. Babe Ruth, Jim Peirsall, Torii Hunter, Ron LeFlore, and Joe Torre dealt with poverty, abuse, and addiction when young, and had to turn their lives around to play the game they loved. A moving look at the lives of these four great players.
Table of contents: title: From St. Mary's to the Hall of Fame; title: Jimmy Piersall's battle against mental illness; title: Paroled to play ball; title: Joe Torre's biggest victory; title: Torii Hunter: overcoming every obstacle.