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Author
Publisher
Creative Education
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
NC 1240L
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the history, players, and coaches of the Houston Astros baseball league, profiling such greats as Larry Dierker, Roger Clemens, Cesar Cedeno, and Craig Reynolds.
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Education
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Highlights the key personalities and memorable games in the history of the team that changed its name to the Astros in 1965 when it moved to the first indoor baseball stadium, the Astrodome.
Author
Publisher
Crown Archetype
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"When Sports Illustrated declared on the cover of a June 2014 issue that the Houston Astros would win the World Series in 2017, people thought Ben Reiter, the article's author, was crazy. The Astros were the worst baseball team in half a century, but they were more than just bad. They were an embarrassment, a club that didn't even appear to be trying to win. The cover story, combined with the specificity of Reiter's claim, met instant and nearly universal...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The reporter who broke the Houston Astros' cheating scandal reveals how a baseball team could so dramatically descend into corruption, with never-before-told details of a broken management culture, the once-revered leaders who enabled it and the scandal itself." -- inside front jacket flap.
"A book reporting on the rise and fall of the Houston Astros"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Education/Creative Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2021]
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
"The history of the Houston Astros professional baseball team from its inaugural 1962 season to today, spotlighting the team's greatest players and most memorable moments"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The definitive insider story of the cheating scandal that rocked Major League Baseball in 2019, bringing down high-profile coaches and players, and exposing a long-rumored "sign-stealing" dark side of baseball"--
The Houston Astros had won the 2017 World Series and made the playoffs the next two seasons. All the while, opponents felt that Houston's hitters knew what pitches were coming, and that the team had been stealing signals for several years....
