They Came from Center Field
The SBD's plays their strangest game of baseball ever the night the aliens land in center field. A team of kids takes on a crew of extraterrestrials determined to learn the game of baseball.
Juvenile fiction, Baseball, Life on other planets, Science fiction, Young readers
Dan Gutman
Dan Gutman (born October 19, 1955) is an American writer, primarily of children's fiction.

His works include the Baseball Card Adventures children's book series and the My Weird School series.
[source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Gutman)

His wife is Nina Wallace ​(m. 1983)​ and he has two children.