This book reveals the complete truth behind the wave of Cuban baseball talent coming to MLB, placing recent events in the context of Cuban baseball history before delving into the stories of the major Cuban stars who have left the island. It shares their personal histories, explains why many chose defection, and details their harrowing journeys.
This book reveals the complete truth behind the wave of Cuban baseball talent coming to MLB, placing recent events in the context of Cuban baseball history before delving into the stories of the major Cuban stars who have left the island. It shares their personal histories, explains why many chose defection, and details their harrowing journeys.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Peter C. Bjarkman is the senior writer for www.BaseballdeCuba.com, the leading source in Spanish and English for current Cuban League and Cuban national team coverage. He is the author of A History of Cuban Baseball, 1864-2006 (2007) and coauthor of Smoke, the Romance and Lore of Cuban Baseball (1999, with Mark Rucker). Bjarkman has made numerous media appearances as an expert on Cuban baseball, including a featured role as Anthony Bourdain's guide to island baseball on the 2011 Travel Channel episode "No Reservations Cuba." He appears as a featured head on ESPN's "30 for 30" documentary, "Brothers in Exile" and has appeared several times on the popular ESPN feature "Outside the Lines." Bjarkman was a recipient of the Society for American Baseball Research's 2017 Henry Chadwick Award, established to honor the game's great researchers.
Inhaltsangabe
Acknowledgments Prologue Chapter 1: The Essence of "Puigmania" Chapter 2: Cuba's Hidden "Béisbol Paradiso" Chapter 3: Sugar Cane Curtain Fiascos Chapter 4: Ninety Miles of Sea, One Hundred Miles of "Heater" Chapter 5: Brothers in Exile Chapter 6: "The Best There Ever Was" Chapter 7: No Reservations for Cuba Chapter 8: Go East, Young Men, Go East Chapter 9: The Unsustainable Dream Epilogue Appendix 1: 193 Cuban-Born Major Leaguers Appendix 2: Cuban Baseball Defectors Notes References and Sources Index About the Author
Acknowledgments Prologue Chapter 1: The Essence of "Puigmania" Chapter 2: Cuba's Hidden "Béisbol Paradiso" Chapter 3: Sugar Cane Curtain Fiascos Chapter 4: Ninety Miles of Sea, One Hundred Miles of "Heater" Chapter 5: Brothers in Exile Chapter 6: "The Best There Ever Was" Chapter 7: No Reservations for Cuba Chapter 8: Go East, Young Men, Go East Chapter 9: The Unsustainable Dream Epilogue Appendix 1: 193 Cuban-Born Major Leaguers Appendix 2: Cuban Baseball Defectors Notes References and Sources Index About the Author
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