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Peter C. Bjarkman

A History of Cuban Baseball, 1864-2006

Paperback (McFarland June 17, 2014) , Reprint edition
Winner, SABR's Robert Peterson Award for increasing public awareness of Negro League baseball

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.

ISBN
0786493828 / 9780786493821
Pages
496
Weight
41.6 oz.
Dimensions
8.8 x 1.0 in.

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