Matt Christopher

As the captain of his little league baseball team, Jimmie Todd thinks he should be able to choose any position he wants. He wants to pitch, although the other players on the team would rather give that position to Paul Karoski, a left-hander with a talent for pitching strikeouts. But Jimmie wants a chance so badly that he takes the position for himself. It isn't long before his weak pitching sets the team on a losing streak that has everyone, especially,...

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Long practice improves Mel's value as a basketball player, but how does he surmount the prejudice of a teammate?

Even though he is the tallest member of the basketball team, a young boy finds he is far from being the best player.

A young boy is pressured by his family to abandon his promising soccer career for football.

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