Viva Baseball!

Viva Baseball!
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Publisher : Sport and Society
Total Pages : 294
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105131773512
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Book Synopsis Viva Baseball! by : Samuel Octavio Regalado

Download or read book Viva Baseball! written by Samuel Octavio Regalado and published by Sport and Society. This book was released on 2008 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lively and anecdotal, Viva Baseball chronicles the struggles of Latin American professional baseball players in the United States from the late 1800s to the present. Even as "Fernandomania" raged in 1981, most Latin players felt lonely, shunned, and forgotten. Samuel O. Regalado reveals the shocking racism faced by these immigrant athletes in a white culture. In addition to mining the National Baseball Library in Cooperstown, New York, and the Sporting News" "archives, Regalado conducted interviews with some twenty-five Latin baseball stars, including Felipe Alou, Orlando Cepeda, and Tony Oliva.


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