The Veracruz Blues

The Veracruz Blues
Author: Mark Winegardner
Publisher: Penguin Group
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1997-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780140260281

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Based on actual events during the turbulent, postwar baseball days of 1946, this captivating, darkly comic novel tells of a group of American players who, frustrated by their treatment at the hands of the major league owners, begin defecting to a Mexican baseball league.


The Veracruz Blues
Language: en
Pages: 276
Authors: Mark Winegardner
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997-02 - Publisher: Penguin Group

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Based on actual events during the turbulent, postwar baseball days of 1946, this captivating, darkly comic novel tells of a group of American players who, frust
The Rise of the Latin American Baseball Leagues, 1947-1961
Language: en
Pages: 414
Authors: Lou Hernández
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-10-10 - Publisher: McFarland

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Major League Baseball today would be unrecognizable without the large number of Latin American players and managers filling its ranks. Their strong influence on
Invisible Ball of Dreams
Language: en
Pages: 203
Authors: Emily Ruth Rutter
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-04-30 - Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi

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Winner of the 2018 John Coates Next Generation Award from the Negro Leagues Research Committee of the Society for American Baseball Research Although many Ameri
Willie Wells
Language: en
Pages: 209
Authors: Bob Luke
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-01-01 - Publisher: University of Texas Press

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The first complete biography of an important Negro League baseball player from Austin, Texas. Willie Wells was arguably the best shortstop of his generation. As
South of the Color Barrier
Language: en
Pages: 240
Authors: John Virtue
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-10-10 - Publisher: McFarland

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This book tells the story of how Mexican multimillionaire businessman Jorge Pasquel and the Mexican League hastened the integration of major league baseball. Du