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Gr 1-4 A lighthearted picture-book romp based on baseball's shortest home run. In 1903, Andy Oyler hit the only home run of his entire career, but it's the subject of a much-loved baseball legend. Tavares casts his hero as the classic underdog: Oyler's the shortest player in the league, and he's trying to overcome a batting slump and the heckling of fans. As he steps to the plate on a cold, drizzly ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

From the early days of professional league baseball comes the story (more legend than established fact, as Tavares acknowledges) of the shortest home run in history. In 1903, in a slump, playing in an impenetrable downpour, with the game on the line, Little Andy Oyler hits the ball—and though everyone hears "the unmistakable sound of ball against bat," no one sees where...Log In or Sign Up to Read More