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Stealing lives : the globalization of baseball and the tragic story of Alexis Quiroz / Arturo J. Marcano Guevara and David P. Fidle.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marcano Guevara, Arturo J., 1968-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baseball players--Recruiting--Latin America.
- Baseball players.
- Baseball players--Abuse of--Latin America.
- Discrimination in sports--United States.
- Discrimination in sports.
- Major League Baseball (Organization)--Corrupt practices.
- Major League Baseball (Organization).
- Quiroz, Alexis.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 252 pages) : illustrations, map
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- While some Latin American superstars have overcome a history of discrimination to strike gold in baseball's big leagues, there are thousands more who never make it to 'The Show'. Stealing Lives focuses on the plight of one Venezuelan teenager and documents the abuses that take place as baseball becomes a globalized business. The authors reveal that in their efforts to secure cheap labor, Major League teams often violate basic human rights.
- Contents:
- The "golden age" of Latin American baseball talent in major league baseball
- The globalization of baseball
- The structure and dynamics of major league baseball's recruitment of foreign baseball talent
- Exploitation and mistreatment in the global ballpark, the tragic story of Alexis Quiroz
- "Papa, I want to play baseball!"
- Going to Vietnam
- In baseball purgatory
- The Mesa miracle
- The Dominican disaster
- "That's just your story"
- The pursuit of justice goes terribly wrong
- Seventh-inning stretch, Chicago, New York, Maracay
- The final inning
- Repairing the global ballpark
- Human rights, labor standards, and major league baseball's exploitation of children in Latin America
- Global ballpark repair strategies.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-245) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-07188-2
- 9786612071881
- 0-253-10950-7
- 0-253-10956-6
- OCLC:
- 61659721
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