Cuba's Baseball Defectors : The Inside Story / Peter C. Bjarkman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bjarkman, Peter Costa, author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

hoopla digital.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baseball.

Electronic books.

Emigration and immigration.

History.

Social sciences.

Sports.

Cuba.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (388 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2023.

Place of Publication:

[United States] : Rowman & Littlefield, 2023.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Peter C. Bjarkman has traveled to all corners of Cuba covering baseball, from their early Olympic baseball triumphs to the recent domestic economic crises that have spurred an increasing number of Cuban stars to abandon their homeland. Having enjoyed rare access and personally knowing most of the top Cuban stars, Bjarkman reveals the complete story behind the Cuban big league phenomenon, and answers numerous questions lurking behind one of the biggest sports stories of the past decades. He explains precisely how Cuba has managed to generate such remarkable baseball talent, how until recently t

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1 The Essence of "Puigmania"; 2 Cuba's Hidden "Béisbol Paradiso"; 3 Sugar Cane Curtain Fiascos; 4 Ninety Miles of Sea, One Hundred Miles of "Heater"; 5 Brothers in Exile; 6 "The Best There Ever Was"; 7 No Reservations for Cuba; 8 Go East, Young Men, Go East; 9 The Unsustainable Dream; Epilogue; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Notes; References and Sources; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource.

ISBN:

979-82-16-35243-3

1-4422-4799-1

OCLC:

944445033

Publisher Number:

MWT16135679