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Author: Michael Silverstone Publisher: Capstone Classroom ISBN: 9780736828321 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 52
Book Description
Profiles some of baseball's present and past superstars who are from Spanish-speaking countries such as Cuba, Venezuela, and Puerto Rico, including Roberto Clemente, the Alou brothers, and Miguel Tejada.
Author: Michael Silverstone Publisher: Capstone Classroom ISBN: 9780736828321 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 52
Book Description
Profiles some of baseball's present and past superstars who are from Spanish-speaking countries such as Cuba, Venezuela, and Puerto Rico, including Roberto Clemente, the Alou brothers, and Miguel Tejada.
Author: Lew Freedman Publisher: Greenwood ISBN: 0313378673 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 0
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Told through profiles of the men who have made it a reality, this is the complex story of the triumphs achieved by—and challenges faced by—Latinos who have risen to the heights of Major League Baseball. Latino Baseball Legends: An Encyclopedia offers the most comprehensive, go-to source for everything relating to Latin American baseball stars, tracing the history of Latinos in baseball through the stories of those who have excelled at the game. Colorfully written 3,000-word entries explore the lives and careers of 25 dominant players, from legends such as Roberto Clemente to deserving, but comparatively unknown superstars such as Martin Dihigo. Shorter listings note another 75 Latinos who have figured prominently in the sport. The entries document the importance of baseball in Latin American culture and the way it has evolved in the players' home countries, but the encyclopedia does more than that. Its profiles also expose the difficulties faced by Latino players who are forced to overcome both a language barrier and the discrimination they face because of their skin color. And they demonstrate how proficiency with a bat and ball has become a great engine that can lift families out of poverty and provide hope for indigent youths.
Author: P. C. Bjarkman Publisher: ISBN: 9780313336706 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages :
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Major league baseball has exploded into a truly international sport, and at the vanguard stand legions of ballplayers native to Spanish-speaking Latin American nations. This book features over 500 profiles of the most influential Latino figures in baseball, including ball players, team and league officials, managers, and sportswriters.
Author: Jonah Winter Publisher: ISBN: 9781584302346 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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Presents profiles of fourteen Latino baseball players who, from 1900 through the 1960s, were pioneers of the sport in their home countries and the United States.
Author: Jonah Winter Publisher: Turtleback Books ISBN: 9781417640485 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 28
Book Description
For use in schools and libraries only. A celebration of 14 Latino baseball superstars from 1900 to the 1960s who were pioneers of the sport.
Author: Samuel Octavio Regalado Publisher: University of Illinois Press ISBN: 9780252067129 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 260
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Lively and anecdotal, Viva Baseball! chronicles the struggles of Latin American professional baseball players in the United States from the late 1800s to the present. Even as "Fernandomania" raged in 1981, most Latin players felt lonely, shunned, and forgotten. Samuel Regalado reveals the shocking racism faced by these immigrant athletes in a white culture. Only a burning desire to succeed and a grim determination to leave behind the grinding poverty of their homelands could have driven these men to continue in the face of overwhelming hostility. In addition to mining the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library in Cooperstown, New York, and the Sporting News archives, Regalado conducted interviews with some twenty-five Latin baseball stars, among them Felipe Alou, Orlando Cepeda, and Tony Oliva.
Author: Tim Wendel Publisher: National Geographic Books ISBN: 9781426202162 Category : Photography Languages : en Pages : 164
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Photographer Villegas and sportswriter Wendel dramatically reveal the energy, talent, and hard-driving ambition of baseball players from Venezuela to the Dominican Republic, both the few who make it and the many who don't.
Author: Jonah Winter Publisher: ISBN: 9780606246378 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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Baseball is enormously popular in Latin America, and many of the sports greatest players are from south of the border. Fourteen of these superstars, from 1900 to the 1960s, are profiled here. Modeled on traditional baseball cards, the book features stats and anecdotes about 14 pioneering Latino players ranging from Dolf Luque, the Cuban pitcher who became the first Latin American star in the major leagues, to Roberto Clemente, the legendary Puerto Rican outfielder of the 1950s and 1960s. Beisbol! also recalls the hardships Latino players have faced and how they have contributed to baseball history. Will be a welcome addition to any baseball collection. School Library Journal
Author: Michael Silverstone
Author: Michael Silverstone
Author: Lew Freedman
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Author: P. C. Bjarkman
Author: Jonah Winter
Author: Jonah Winter
Author: Samuel Octavio Regalado
Author: Tim Wendel
Author: Jonah Winter