Latino Baseball Legends: An Encyclopedia

Author Lew H. Freedman

Publisher Greenwood Publishing Group

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eBook

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Author

Lew H. Freedman

Publisher

Greenwood Publishing Group

Volume

Copyright

2010

ISBN13

9780313378683

Release

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eBook

Grade Level

9th Grade - College Senior

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Overview

Covers the triumphs achieved by, and challenges faced by, Latinos who have risen to the heights of Major League Baseball.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Preface.
Introduction.
1: Essays on Latino Baseball.
2: Countries of the Game.
3: Cuban Baseball Takes a Dark Turn.
4: Dreams in the Dominican Republic.
5: Mexico and Big Thinkers in Monterrey.
6: Venezuelans Love Their Baseball Heroes.
7: Beisbol—The Latin Game.
8: Flavor of the Game.
9: Latinos and Blacks Common Fates.
10: Underage Issues.
11: Icons of Latin American Baseball.
12: Twenty-Five Icons of Latin American Baseball.
13: Sandy, Sandy Jr. and Roberto Alomar.
14: The Alou Family Felipe, Matty, Jesus and Moises.
15: Luis Aparicio.
16: Rod Carew.
17: Orlando Cepeda.
18: Roberto Clemente.
19: Martin Dihigo.
20: Ozzie Guillen.
21: Adolfo Luque.
22: Juan Marichal.
23: Dennis Martinez.
24: Edgar Martinez.
25: Pedro and Ramon Martinez.
26: Minnie Minoso.
27: Tony Perez.
28: Vic Power.
29: Albert Pujols.
30: Manny Ramirez.
31: Mariano Rivera.
32: Alex Rodriguez.
33: Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez.
34: Sammy Sosa.
35: Luis Tiant.
36: Fernando Valenzuela.
37: Omar Vizquel.
38: Seventy-Five More Significant Latin American Baseball Figures.
39: Bobby Abreu.
40: Ruben Amaro Sr. and Ruben Amaro Jr..
41: Sandy Amoros.
42: Joaquin Andujar.
43: Luis Arroyo.
44: Bobby Avila.
45: Carlos Baerga.
46: Jorge (George) Bell.
47: Carlos Beltran.
48: Hiram Bithorn.
49: Bobby Bonilla.
50: Pedro Borbon Sr. and Pedro Borbon Jr..
51: Miguel Cabrera.
52: Bert Campaneris.
53: Buck Canel.
54: Jose Canseco and Ozzie Canseco.
55: Rene Cardenas.
56: Rico Carty.
57: Vinny Castilla.
58: Cesar Cedeno.
59: Davey Concepcion.
60: Jose Contreras.
61: Jose Cruz Sr. and Jose Cruz, Jr., Tommy and Hector Cruz.
62: Mike Cuellar.
63: Carlos Delgado.
64: Bobby Estalella (grandfather) and Bobby Estalella (grandson).
65: Tony Fernandez.
66: Ed Figueroa.
67: Julio Franco.
68: Andres Galarraga.
69: Nomar Garciaparra.
70: Juan Gonzalez.
71: Vladimir Guerrer
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