Ballpark Mysteries Collection: Books 6-10

The Wrigley Riddle; The San Francisco Splash; The Missing Marlin; The Philly Fake; The Rookie Blue Jay

By: David A. Kelly

Narrated by: Marc Cashman

Ballpark Mysteries combine baseball action with exciting whodunits for early chapter book listeners! Cross Ron Roy's A to Z Mystery series with Matt Christopher's sports books and you get the Ballpark Mysteries: fun, puzzling whodunits aimed at the younger brothers and sisters of John Feinstein's fans.

This collection includes:

Ballpark Mysteries #6: The Wrigley Riddle
Ivy-covered walls—they're the most famous part of the Chicago Cubs' historic ballpark, Wrigley Field. Mike and Kate can't wait to get down on the field to see the ivy for themselves. But when they do, they're horrified to discover patches of the ivy have been ripped away! Who would want to sabotage the stadium? Is it someone trying to curse the Cubs? Or is the rumor of a treasure hidden under the ivy tempting greedy fans?

Ballpark Mysteries #7: The San Francisco Splash
Splash! A hit soars over the walls of the San Francisco ballpark on the bay and drops into the water. But then Mike and Kate hear another, much larger splash nearby . . . and this time it's not a baseball. It's a man overboard! And when he's pulled from the water, the old-time ballplayer discovers his World Series ring is gone! Is it at the bottom of the bay? Or was it somehow stolen by a long-ago rival?

Ballpark Mysteries #8: The Missing Marlin
Mike and Kate are in Miami visiting Kate's Uncle Oliver—and the Miami Marlins ballpark, of course! Uncle Oliver is in charge of keeping the new fish tanks at the ballpark fully stocked, but strange things keep happening. Kate swears she saw an endangered sea turtle in one of the tanks. Then some of Uncle Oliver's rare fish go missing, including his favorite, Marlin. Something fishy is going on in Miami!

Ballpark Mysteries #9: The Philly Fake
What better city to spend the Fourth of July than Philadelphia? For Mike and Kate, the holiday is all about hot dogs, history, and baseball! But the Phillies are in no mood to celebrate. They keep losing, and some people blame the lovable Phillie Phanatic! Can Mike and Kate help the Phanatic clear his name?

Ballpark Mysteries #10: The Rookie Blue Jay
Mike and Kate can’t wait to watch their rookie hero Dusty Martin in action. But something is throwing the Blue Jays’ star off his game. Then, when no one else is looking, Mike sees mysterious ghost lights flying across the field. Is the ballpark haunted? And could Dusty have seen the lights, too?

the twists

I liked the whole thing and it was a very cool 😎 story and so on and so forth

A favorite of my 5yo & 8yo

My kids, 5 & 8, absolutely love this audio series. The narrator does well keeping the narration engaging. The story itself is perfect for elementary ages, it's both funny and interesting. I appreciate that throughout the story there are a lot of baseball facts for the kids (and myself) to learn. Also that even though it's a mystery there is nothing for my timid 5yo to be scared of.
We've owned the collections for about a year now and they're still an often listened to favorite.
(The main characters are cousins, a boy and a girl, this title is wonderful for everyone. Both the boy and girl characters are equally matched for knowledge, ability, silliness, etc)

So entertaining!!

So much suspicion!! And fun so cool!! To finish off they are so lucky to meet all of these players

So good

So goooooooooooooood!!
I totally recommend you read it!
One of my favorite narrator narrated it!

Good story knew practically all the facts in the end.

Well guys this was one of my favorite books when I was a kid. Always been a fan of baseball (and still am) so yeah I really enjoyed this book.
The reason I think I have not read/listened to this in a while was because I think I grew out of it, and another reason is because I have been reading books aka warriors Harry Potter, ceronachols of narnia,land of roar, lotr, and this list would go on for a while considering I’m a bookworm anyway,
Some 12 year old kid out there…