A History of Cuban Baseball, 1864-2006

Peter C. Bjarkman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

496 Seiten

2014
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-9382-1 (ISBN)

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When Cuba met Japan in the finals of Major League Baseball's 2006 World Baseball Classic (WBC), many among the international audience were shocked that a purported "amateur" team could challenge for the sport's first true world championship. But those who had paid attention to international tournaments were hardly surprised by Cuba's strong showing against all-star teams of Puerto Rican, Dominican, Venezuelan, and U.S. major leaguers. The undisputed champions of global baseball, Cuba had reigned supreme for better than a half-century at the avowed American national game.

In this groundbreaking volume, Peter Bjarkman traces the full arc of island baseball history, from the pioneering era of integrated play in the winter leagues, across the many triumphs of the post-revolution decades, and up through Cuba's initial WBC triumphs.

The late Peter C. Bjarkman was a widely recognized authority on Cuban baseball history and a frequent visitor to the island nation. A past winner of the The Sporting News–SABR and Macmillan–SABR awards for baseball research, in 2011 he appeared on the Cuba episode of the Travel Channel’s No Reservations. He was the senior baseball writer for www.BaseballdeCuba.com, the leading Cuban League website.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Part I—The Cuban Legends

1. Martín Dihigo—Baseball’s Least-Known Hall of Famer

2. Adolfo Luque—The Original “Pride of Havana”

3. Orestes Miñoso—The Cuban Comet

4. The Baseball Half-Century of Conrado Marrero

Part II—The Cuban Leagues

5. Myths and Legends of the Cuban Professional League (1878–1961)

6. Cuban Blackball’s Doubleheaders on the Dark Side of the Moon

7. Havana as Amateur Baseball Capital of the World

8. Cuba’s Revolutionary Baseball (1962–2005)

Part III—The Cuban Legacy

9. The Myth of Fidel Castro, Barbudos Ballplayer

10. Tarzán, Minnie, Zorro and El Duque—Cubans in the Major Leagues

11. The World’s Best Unknown Ballplayers

12. Playing with the Enemy: Player Defections, the Orioles, and Baseball Détente

Part IV—Appendices and Statistical Records

Appendix A: Chronology (1866–2006)

Appendix B: Blackball Register

Appendix C: Major League Register

Appendix D: Statistical Records

Bibliography

Index

Zusatzinfo	150 photos, appendices, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	216 x 279 mm
Gewicht	1157 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-7864-9382-8 / 0786493828
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-9382-1 / 9780786493821
Zustand	Neuware