Viva Baseball! - Latin Major Leaguers and Their Special Hunger

Informationen zum Autor Samuel O. Regalado Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Presents the racism, history and unique drive behind the changing roles of Latin baseball players.

Product details

• Authors: Samuel O Regalado, Samuel O. Regalado
• Publisher: University Of Illinois Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.04.2008
• EAN: 9780252073670
• ISBN: 978-0-252-07367-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Sport and Society; Sport and Society
• Subject: Guides > Sport > Ball sport