Bobby Maduro and the Cuban Sugar Kings (eBook)

Hernandez Lou Hernandez (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
218 Seiten
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4766-3482-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Roberto "e;Bobby"e; Maduro (1916-1986) was a visionary baseball team owner and executive. His dedication to promoting the game internationally from the 1950s through the 1970s remains unrivaled. He headed Havana-based clubs in the Cuban Winter League and teams in the U.S. minor leagues, which helped brand Caribbean baseball in the eyes of North American fans. He co-built the first million-dollar ballpark in Latin America. His Havana stadium was confiscated by Castro's revolution, along with all his accumulated wealth. Maduro began a new life in exile in the U.S., first as a minor league owner, then as a front office executive. He founded the short-lived Inter-American League in 1979, composed of five Caribbean-basin teams and one U.S. entry from his adopted hometown of Miami. Commissioner Bowie Kuhn said of his many achievements, "e;No one was more dedicated, more knowledgeable or more concerned about the game than Bobby Maduro."e;

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.11.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
• ISBN-10: 1-4766-3482-3 / 1476634823
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4766-3482-1 / 9781476634821