Armando Marsans
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Armando Marsans
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Author : Peter T. Toot
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2015-03-26
Armando Marsans written by Peter T. Toot and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-26 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Armando Marsans, who joined the Cincinnati Reds in 1911, was the first Cuban star of the major leagues. Events in baseball have often mirrored America's social development--Jackie Robinson's breaking of the color barrier is one example--and the story of Armando Marsans has much to teach about the United States and Latin America during the early 20th century. In detailing the career of Marsans, this work also recapitulates baseball history in Cuba and describes the early development of professional baseball in America. Examples of how Americans reacted to Marsans as a player and a person, and the prevalence of Latino stereotypes during this era, are fully explored. Part biography, part sociological study, this book introduces the reader to a physically gifted player and to a young, powerful America struggling to find its own identity in its new ethnic makeup.
Latino Baseball S Hottest Hitters
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Author : Mark Stewart
language : en
Publisher: ediciones Lerner
Release Date : 2002-01-01
Latino Baseball S Hottest Hitters written by Mark Stewart and has been published by ediciones Lerner this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
A history of Latino baseball players in the United States, along with individual biographies of current star players, concentrating on hitters.
Early Latino Ballplayers In The United States
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Author : Nick C. Wilson
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2016-04-05
Early Latino Ballplayers In The United States written by Nick C. Wilson and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-05 with Sports & Recreation categories.
From 1900 through the 1940s Latino baseball players suffered discrimination, poor accommodations, low pay and homesickness to play a game they loved. Those who were both talented and light-skinned enough to make it to the majors were mocked for being foreign. Those in the Negro Leagues were, like African American ballplayers, segregated and largely ignored by the public and major league scouts. Building on the work of researchers who focused on the seasons and careers of these pioneer athletes, Nick Wilson draws on primary documents and interviews to round out our knowledge of the players as people. José Méndez, Miguel González, Luis Tiant, Sr., Martín Dihigo, Rodolfo Fernández, Roberto Ortiz, Cristóbal Torriente, Hiram Bithorn and Pedro “Preston” Gómez are only a few examples of the players included here. Appendices on “Americans Who Positively Influenced Latin Migration” and “Latinos and the Washington Senators Spring Training Camps, 1939–1942” are included, along with 26 photos, appendices, notes, bibliography, index.
The Federal League Of Base Ball Clubs
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Author : Robert Peyton Wiggins
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2008-09-30
The Federal League Of Base Ball Clubs written by Robert Peyton Wiggins and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-30 with Sports & Recreation categories.
The last independent major league ended its brief run in 1915, after only two seasons at the national pastime’s top level. But no competitor to establishment baseball ever exerted so much influence on its rival, with some of the most recognizable elements of the game today—including the commissioner system, competition for free agents, baseball’s antitrust exemption, and even the beloved Wrigley Field—traceable to the so-called outlaw organization known as the Federal League of Base Ball Clubs. This comprehensive history covers the league from its formation in 1913 through its buyout, dissolution, and legal battles with the National and American leagues. The day-to-day operation of the franchises, the pennant races and outstanding players, the two-year competitive battle for fans and players, and the short- and long-term impact on the game are covered in detail.
Chronology Of Latin Americans In Baseball 1871 2015
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Author : Lou Hernández
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2016-07-13
Chronology Of Latin Americans In Baseball 1871 2015 written by Lou Hernández and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-13 with Sports & Recreation categories.
This combination reference book and history covers the inroads and achievements made on professional ball fields by Latin American athletes, the Major Leagues' greatest international majority. Following an "on this date in Hispanic baseball history" format, the author takes a commemorative look at generations of players from Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America, from the earliest pioneers through the well-known stars of today. There are two appendices: first Latinos by franchise; and an extensive chronological listing of Latino milestones by country. The book is fully indexed by players, teams, ballparks, and other contributors to Latino baseball history.
Playing America S Game
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Author : Adrian Burgos
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2007-06-04
Playing America S Game written by Adrian Burgos and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06-04 with Sports & Recreation categories.
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 publications and interviews with Negro league and major league players. He demonstrates how the manipulation of racial distinctions that allowed management to recruit and sign Latino players provided a template for Brooklyn Dodgers’ general manager Branch Rickey when he initiated the dismantling of the color line by signing Jackie Robinson in 1947. Burgos's extensive examination of Latino participation before and after Robinson's debut documents the ways in which inclusion did not signify equality and shows how notions of racialized difference have persisted for darker-skinned Latinos like Orestes ("Minnie") Miñoso, Roberto Clemente, and Sammy Sosa.
Havana Hardball
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Author : César Brioso
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Release Date : 2015-10-13
Havana Hardball written by César Brioso and has been published by University Press of Florida this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-13 with Sports & Recreation categories.
In February 1947, the most memorable season in the history of the Cuban League finished with a dramatic series win by Almendares against its rival, Habana. As the celebration spread through the streets of Havana and across Cuba, the Brooklyn Dodgers were beginning spring training on the island. One of the Dodgers' minor league players was Jackie Robinson. He was on the verge of making his major-league debut in the United States, an event that would fundamentally change sports--and America. To avoid harassment from the white crowds in Florida during this critical preseason, the Dodgers relocated their spring training to Cuba, where black and white teammates had played side by side since 1900. It was also during this time that Major League Baseball was trying its hardest to bring the "outlaw" Cuban League under the control of organized baseball. As the Cubans fought to stay independent, Robinson worked to earn a roster spot on the Dodgers in the face of discrimination from his future teammates. Havana Hardball captures the excitement of the Cuban League's greatest pennant race and the anticipation of the looming challenge to MLB's color barrier. Illuminating one of the sport's most pivotal seasons, veteran journalist César Brioso brings together a rich mix of worlds as the heyday of Latino baseball converged with one of the most socially meaningful events in U.S. history.
The Annotated Baseball Stories Of Ring W Lardner 1914 1919
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Author : Ring Lardner
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 1995
The Annotated Baseball Stories Of Ring W Lardner 1914 1919 written by Ring Lardner and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Fiction categories.
An annotated and copiously illustrated edition of the 24 short stories published between 1914 and 1919 by Ring Lardner, which include the stories collected later and known as "You know me, Al."
The Baseball Trust
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Author : Stuart Banner
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2013-03-01
The Baseball Trust written by Stuart Banner and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
The impact of antitrust law on sports is in the news all the time, especially when there is labor conflict between players and owners, or when a team wants to move to a new city. And if the majority of Americans have only the vaguest sense of what antitrust law is, most know one thing about it-that baseball is exempt. In The Baseball Trust, legal historian Stuart Banner illuminates the series of court rulings that resulted in one of the most curious features of our legal system-baseball's exemption from antitrust law. A serious baseball fan, Banner provides a thoroughly entertaining history of the game as seen through the prism of an extraordinary series of courtroom battles, ranging from 1890 to the present. The book looks at such pivotal cases as the 1922 Supreme Court case which held that federal antitrust laws did not apply to baseball; the 1972 Flood v. Kuhn decision that declared that baseball is exempt even from state antitrust laws; and several cases from the 1950s, one involving boxing and the other football, that made clear that the exemption is only for baseball, not for sports in general. Banner reveals that for all the well-documented foibles of major league owners, baseball has consistently received and followed antitrust advice from leading lawyers, shrewd legal advice that eventually won for baseball a protected legal status enjoyed by no other industry in America. As Banner tells this fascinating story, he also provides an important reminder of the path-dependent nature of the American legal system. At each step, judges and legislators made decisions that were perfectly sensible when considered one at a time, but that in total yielded an outcome-baseball's exemption from antitrust law-that makes no sense at all.
Missouri Law And The American Conscience
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Author : Kenneth H. Winn
language : en
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Release Date : 2016-12-31
Missouri Law And The American Conscience written by Kenneth H. Winn and has been published by University of Missouri Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-31 with History categories.
Until recently, many of Missouri’s legal records were inaccessible and the existence of many influential, historic cases was unknown. The ten essays in this volume showcase Missouri as both maker and microcosm of American history. Some of the topics are famous: Dred Scott’s slave freedom suit, Virginia Minor’s women’s suffrage case, Curt Flood’s suit against professional baseball, and the Nancy Cruzan “right to die” case. Other essays cover court cases concerning the uneasy incorporation of ethnic and cultural populations into the United States; political loyalty tests during the Civil War; the alleviation of cruelty to poor and criminally institutionalized children; the barring of women to serve on juries decades after they could vote; and the creation of the “Missouri Court Plan,” a national model for judicial selection.