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Title: The New Face of Baseball : The One-Hundred-Year Rise and Triumph of Latinos in America's Favorite Sport by Tim Wendel ISBN: 0-06-053631-4 Publisher: RAYO Pub. Date: 03 June, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Good Stuff!
Comment: Okay, let's start with my admission that I'm not a baseball fan. I knew the game from childhood but the big money and greed have alienated many of us who enjoyed baseball as kids. That being said, I found that The New Face of Baseball refreshing enough to evoke some of those feelings that made me appreciate baseball in the first place. The book has to do with talented Latino baseball players like Clemente, Cepeda, and Sosa. The common element is that these players played the game elsewhere before coming the United States, places where the game is more sacred and believe it or not more important than here in America.
The books consists of short stories about many of today's heroes that have quickly become baseball superstars, and those older stars who paved the way for the younger Latino players much the way Robinson and Dobry did for African American players. The author uses player interviews and past experiences of his own to give the reader a greater appreciation for what players Latin America have done for today's game.
Maybe the most interesting part is the All Century Latino team listed at the end of the book. It's a lineup that would challenge any other all-star team, past or present.
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Title: Home Is Everything: The Latino Baseball Story: From the Barrio to the Major Leagues by Marcos Breton, Jose Luis Villegas ISBN: 0938317709 Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press Pub. Date: 15 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: The Tropic of Baseball: Baseball in the Dominican Republic by Rob Ruck ISBN: 0803289782 Publisher: Bison Bks Corp Pub. Date: February, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Away Games: The Life and Times of a Latin Baseball Player by Marcos Breton, Jose Luis Villegas ISBN: 0826322328 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The National Game: Baseball and American Culture by John P. Rossi ISBN: 1566634164 Publisher: Ivan R Dee, Inc. Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.90 |
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Title: Sugarball: The American Game: The Dominican Dream by Alan M. Klein ISBN: 0300052561 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: February, 1993 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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