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The new face of baseball : the one-hundred year rise and triumph of Latinos in America's favorite sport / Tim Wendel ; foreword by Bob Costas ; color photographs by Victor Baldizon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wendel, Tim.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baseball players--Latin America--Biography.
- Baseball players.
- Hispanic American baseball players--Biography.
- Hispanic American baseball players.
- Baseball--Social aspects--Latin America.
- Baseball.
- Baseball--Political aspects--Latin America.
- Baseball--Political aspects.
- Baseball--Social aspects.
- Latin America.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 266 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Rayo, [2003]
- Summary:
- Wendel traces the lives and roles of Latinos in baseball from the days when only light-skinned men were allowed to participate in Major League competition, to the linguistic barriers Latinos were confronted with when playing on teams with "English-only" dugout rules.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-250) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0060536314 :
- OCLC:
- 52413609
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