A History of Cuban Baseball, 1864-2006

Paperback. Book Condition: Fine. McFarland, 2014. 496 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Size: 4to 9.75 - 12'' tall. Sports::Baseball History::Latin America 6036L

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When Cuba met Japan in the finals of Major League Baseball's 2006 World Baseball Classic (WBC), many among the international audience were shocked that a purported "amateur" team could challenge for the sport's first true world championship. But those who had paid attention to international tournaments were hardly surprised by Cuba's strong showing against all-star teams of Puerto Rican, Dominican, Venezuelan, and U.S. major leaguers. The undisputed champions of global baseball, Cuba had reigned supreme for better than a half-century at the avowed American national game.

In this groundbreaking volume, Peter Bjarkman traces the full arc of island baseball history, from the pioneering era of integrated play in the winter leagues, across the many triumphs of the post-revolution decades, and up through Cuba's initial WBC triumphs.

Product Info

ISBN: 0786493828

ISBN-13: 9780786493821

Publisher: McFarland

Year: 2014

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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