The Tropic of Baseball : Baseball in the Dominican Republic.
Ruck, Rob L.
The Tropic of Baseball : Baseball in the Dominican Republic. - Lincoln : UNP - Bison Books, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (407 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
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.
9780803290150
Baseball--History.--Dominican Republic
Baseball--History.--Dominican Republic
Electronic Books.
GV863 / .T767 2014
The Tropic of Baseball : Baseball in the Dominican Republic. - Lincoln : UNP - Bison Books, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (407 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
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.
9780803290150
Baseball--History.--Dominican Republic
Baseball--History.--Dominican Republic
Electronic Books.
GV863 / .T767 2014