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The Rise of the Latin American Baseball Leagues, 1947-1961 - by Lou Hernández (Paperback)
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Highlights
- Major League Baseball today would be unrecognizable without the large number of Latin American players and managers filling its ranks.
- About the Author: Lou Hernández is the author of multiple baseball histories and biographies, and two fantasy novels.
- 412 Pages
- Sports + Recreation, Baseball
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About the Book
"This history of Latin American baseball during the 1940s and 1950s provides an in-depth, year-by-year chronicle of leagues in the primary baseball-playing areas in the region: Mexico, the Caribbean, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Panama. The success of these leagues ushered in a new era of contract concessions from owners"--Provided by publisher.Book Synopsis
Major League Baseball today would be unrecognizable without the large number of Latin American players and managers filling its ranks. Their strong influence on the sport can trace its beginnings to professional leagues established south of the border and in the Caribbean nations in the 1940s. This narrative history of Latin American baseball leagues during the 1940s and 1950s provides an in-depth, year-by-year chronicle of seasonal leagues in the seven primary baseball-playing areas in the region: Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. The success of these leagues, and their often acrimonious competition with U.S. Organized Baseball, eventually ushered in a new era of contract concessions from owners and general labor advancements for players that forever changed the game.
Review Quotes
"Hernandez takes a heroic stab at conquering this mountain of research"-Nine.
About the Author
Lou Hernández is the author of multiple baseball histories and biographies, and two fantasy novels. He resides in South Florida.
