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Cuban Star: How One Negro-League Owner Changed the Face of Baseball
ISBN: 9780809037209 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. When the selection committee voted Alejandro "Alex" Pompez into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006, some cried foul. A Negro-league owner during baseball's glory days, Pompez was known as an early and steadfast advocate for Latino players, helping bring baseball into the modern age. So why was his induction so controversial? Like many in the era of segregated baseball, Pompez found that the game alone could never make all ends meet. To finance his beloved team, the New York Cubans, he delved headlong into a sin many baseball fans find unforgivable--gambling. He built one of the most... When the selection committee voted Alejandro "Alex" Pompez into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006, some cried foul. A Negro-league owner during bas... |
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Playing America's Game: Baseball, Latinos, and the Color Linevolume 23
ISBN: 9780520251434 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Although largely ignored by historians of both baseball in general and the Negro leagues in particular, Latinos have been a significant presence in organized baseball from the beginning. In this benchmark study on Latinos and professional baseball from the 1880s to the present, Adrian Burgos tells a compelling story of the men who negotiated the color line at every turn--passing as "Spanish" in the major leagues or seeking respect and acceptance in the Negro leagues. Burgos draws on archival materials from the U.S., Cuba, and Puerto Rico, as well as Spanish- and English-language...
Although largely ignored by historians of both baseball in general and the Negro leagues in particular, Latinos have been a significant presence in or...
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