The tropic of baseball : baseball in the Dominican Republic / Rob Ruck ; with a new afterword by the authoer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ruck, Rob, 1950- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baseball--Dominican Republic--History.

Baseball.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (407 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In a new afterword Rob Ruck looks at the current state of baseball in the country that has produced Sammy Sosa and many other major league stars.

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Introduction: Los Muchachos of Winter; Chapter 1: The Apostles of Baseball; Chapter 2: The Yankee Years; Chapter 3: Have Baseball-Will Travel; Chapter 4: Peloteros in the Banana Fields; Chapter 5: The Dominican Dandy; Chapter 6: The Winter Game; Chapter 7:Three Kings Day in Consuelo; Chapter 8: Mauricio, Padre José and Rico; Chapter 9: The City of Shortstops; Postscript: Season's End; Afterword; Index; Back Cover

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780803290150

0803290152

OCLC:

881163256