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Multilingual Baseball
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Author : Brendan H. O'Connor
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2023-04-06
Multilingual Baseball written by Brendan H. O'Connor and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-06 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
What can baseball teach us about language, culture, and society? The first book-length exploration of multilingualism in professional sports, Multilingual Baseball provides an intimate look at language diversity in the transnational world of baseball. Based on extensive interviews and observations in the US and the Dominican Republic, the book foregrounds the voices of current and former players, coaches, front office personnel, international scouts, language teachers, and interpreters, with baseball experience in the Dominican Republic, Cuba, South Korea, Taiwan, and the United States. Engaging a wide range of foundational concepts within sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, and linguistic and cultural anthropology, the analysis reveals the relevance of bilingualism to the social and economic realities of professional baseball as a transnational business. It also illuminates day-to-day encounters with linguistic and cultural difference on the field, in clubhouses, and in communities around the world. Through this linguistic lens, the book delves into social issues in diverse societies by connecting interactions within baseball to the broader challenges of immigration, race, and demographic change. While grounded in the experiences of Spanish and English speakers in US Major League Baseball organizations, Multilingual Baseball presents the transnational game as a microcosm of globalizing societies around the world, inviting readers to consider what we can learn from the bilingual understandings and misunderstandings that arise in everyday baseball interactions.
Multilingual Baseball
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Author : Brendan H. O'Connor
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2023-04-06
Multilingual Baseball written by Brendan H. O'Connor and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-06 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
What can baseball teach us about language, culture, and society? The first book-length exploration of multilingualism in professional sports, Multilingual Baseball provides an intimate look at language diversity in the transnational world of baseball. Based on extensive interviews and observations in the US and the Dominican Republic, the book foregrounds the voices of current and former players, coaches, front office personnel, international scouts, language teachers, and interpreters, with baseball experience in the Dominican Republic, Cuba, South Korea, Taiwan, and the United States. Engaging a wide range of foundational concepts within sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, and linguistic and cultural anthropology, the analysis reveals the relevance of bilingualism to the social and economic realities of professional baseball as a transnational business. It also illuminates day-to-day encounters with linguistic and cultural difference on the field, in clubhouses, and in communities around the world. Through this linguistic lens, the book delves into social issues in diverse societies by connecting interactions within baseball to the broader challenges of immigration, race, and demographic change. While grounded in the experiences of Spanish and English speakers in US Major League Baseball organizations, Multilingual Baseball presents the transnational game as a microcosm of globalizing societies around the world, inviting readers to consider what we can learn from the bilingual understandings and misunderstandings that arise in everyday baseball interactions.
Wild Pitch
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Author : Matt Christopher
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2009-12-19
Wild Pitch written by Matt Christopher and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-19 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Eddie doesn't like the idea of girls playing baseball in his league, but when one of his pitches injures a girl, he rethinks his attitudes.
The Tropic Of Baseball
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Author : Rob Ruck
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 1999-01-01
The Tropic Of Baseball written by Rob Ruck and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-01-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Looks at the history of baseball in the Dominican Republic and looks at the most prominent Dominicans to reach the Major Leagues
Beisbol On The Air
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Author : Jorge Iber
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2023-12-20
Beisbol On The Air written by Jorge Iber and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-20 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Both the U.S. population and Major League Baseball rosters have seen dramatic demographic changes over the past 50 years. The nation and the sport are becoming multilingual, with Spanish the unofficial second language. Today, 21 of 30 MLB teams broadcast at least some games in Spanish. Filling a gap in the literature of baseball, this collection of new essays examines the history of the game in Spanish, from the earliest locutores who called the plays for Latin American audiences to the League's expansion into cities with large Latino populations--Los Angeles, Houston and Miami to name a few--that made talented sportscasters for the fanaticos a business necessity.
Baseball Beyond Our Borders
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Author : George Gmelch
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2017-03-01
Baseball Beyond Our Borders written by George Gmelch and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Baseball Beyond Our Borders celebrates the globalization of the game while highlighting the different histories and cultures of the nations in which the sport is played. This collection of essays tells the story of America's national pastime as it has spread across the world and undergone instructive, entertaining, and sometimes quirky changes in the process. Covering nineteen countries and a U.S. territory, the contributors show how each country imported baseball, how baseball took hold and developed, how it is organized, played, and followed, and what local and regional traits tell us about the sport's place in each culture. But what lies in store as baseball's passport fills up with far-flung stamps? Will the international migration of players homogenize baseball? What role will the World Baseball Classic play? These are just a few of the questions the authors pose.
Insider Baseball
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Author : Joan Didion
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2016-10-04
Insider Baseball written by Joan Didion and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-04 with Political Science categories.
A Vintage Shorts Selection • Almost three decades ago, iconic and incomparable American essayist Joan Didion’s now-classic report from the Dukakis campaign trail exposed, in no uncertain terms, the complete sham that is the modern American presidential run. Writing with bite and some humor too, Didion betrays “the process”—the way in which power is exchanged and the status quo is maintained. All insiders—politicians, journalists, spin doctors—participate in a political narrative that is “designed as it is to maintain the illusion of consensus by obscuring rather than addressing actual issues.” The optics of presidential campaigns have grown ever more farcical and remote from the needs and issues most relevant to Americans’ lives, and Didion’s elegant, shrewd, and prescient commentary has never been more urgent than it is right now. An ebook short.
Baseball
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Author : Heather DiLorenzo Williams
language : en
Publisher: Weigl Publishers
Release Date : 2018-08-01
Baseball written by Heather DiLorenzo Williams and has been published by Weigl Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Did you know that baseball is one of the most popular sports in the United States? Millions of people watch baseball games every year. Discover these and other interesting facts in Baseball.
Ballpark Blues
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Author : C. W. Tooke
language : en
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Release Date : 2003
Ballpark Blues written by C. W. Tooke and has been published by Doubleday Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Baseball players categories.
Russ Bryant, a lonely and downtrodden reporter trapped in a job he hates, stumbles onto the story of a lifetime when he is befriended by Casey Fox, a promising rookie catcher on the local minor league team. Possessed of mythic talents but mortal insecurities, Casey isn’t even sure he wants to play in the major leagues (and unless he improves his attitude toward the team’s management, he may never get the option). Still, when circumstances in Boston lead to an offer from the Red Sox, the lure proves irresistible, and Casey moves on the fast track from the anonymity of the minor leagues to stardom at Fenway Park. Russ’s dormant dreams of journalistic glory soar as well, as his near-exclusive access to the hottest figure in sports puts him in national demand. And having the world’s leading home-run hitter for a best friend has other benefits. While he used to pass solitary evenings watchingSportsCenter, he spends his nights in the company of professional athletes, getting the kind of access that other fans would do anything for. His growing acquaintance with Casey’s foster sister, Molly, gives him something to look forward to away from the world of sports, offering the possibility of love and maybe even redemption. The closer they get to their goals—Casey to a triumphant season finale, Russ to a plum job atSports Illustrated—the more they struggle with the dissonance between professional success and personal happiness. Both men begin to wonder whether there’s still a place for heroes in a world where sports has become a hard-nosed business and the media is steeped in cynicism. As Casey’s brilliance becomes increasingly offset by his troubles away from the ballpark, both Casey and Russ wonder if they should abandon professional baseball—and its accompanying dreams—in order to find happiness. All this in the most edge-of-your-seat season Red Sox fans have ever seen, with the excitement of the fans ringing in your ears and the smell of freshly-mown grass and stale beer.
Viva Baseball
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Author : Samuel Octavio Regalado
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 1998
Viva Baseball written by Samuel Octavio Regalado and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with History categories.
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 Regalado reveals the shocking racism faced by these immigrant athletes in a white culture. Only a burning desire to succeed and a grim determination to leave behind the grinding poverty of their homelands could have driven these men to continue in the face of overwhelming hostility. In addition to mining the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library in Cooperstown, New York, and the Sporting News archives, Regalado conducted interviews with some twenty-five Latin baseball stars, among them Felipe Alou, Orlando Cepeda, and Tony Oliva.