Bobby Maduro and the Cuban Sugar Kings / Lou Hernández.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hernández, Lou, 1958- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Maduro, Bobby, 1916-1986.

Maduro, Bobby.

Baseball team owners--Cuba--Biography.

Baseball team owners.

Baseball team owners--United States--Biography.

Baseball teams.

United States.

Cuba.

Baseball teams--Cuba.

Baseball teams--United States.

Cuba--History--Revolution, 1959.

History.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

vii, 210 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Cuban Sugar Kings

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]

Summary:

Roberto "Bobby" Maduro (1916-1986) was a visionary baseball team owner and executive. His dedication to promoting the game internationally from the 1950s through the 1970s remains unrivaled. He headed Havana-based clubs in the Cuban Winter League and teams in the U.S. minor leagues, which helped brand Caribbean baseball in the eyes of North American fans. He co-built the first million-dollar ballpark in Latin America. His Havana stadium was confiscated by Castro's revolution, along with all his accumulated wealth. Maduro began a new life in exile in the U.S., first as a minor league owner, then as a front office executive. He founded the short-lived Inter-American League in 1979, composed of five Caribbean-basin teams and one U.S. entry from his adopted hometown of Miami. Commissioner Bowie Kuhn said of his many achievements, "No one was more dedicated, more knowledgeable or more concerned about the game than Bobby Maduro."

Contents:

Stadium builder

Team owner

Birth of the Sugar Kings

"Los Cubanitos"

Championship glory amid political discord

End of the Sugar Kings

Starting over as "a millionaire in friends"

Cuban Sugar Kings Foundation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-199) and index.

ISBN:

9781476675268

1476675260

OCLC:

1039627129