Last seasons in Havana : the Castro Revolution and the end of professional baseball in Cuba /

Brioso, César, 1965-

Last seasons in Havana : the Castro Revolution and the end of professional baseball in Cuba / César Brioso. - Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies and index.

The house that Bobby built -- Winds of change -- Golden age -- "This was a shipwreck" -- Year of the pitcher -- New Year's revolution -- Caribbean spice -- "Bullets were falling . . . like hailstones" -- Title town -- Regarding Cienfuegos -- The last series -- International tensions -- The last season -- Casualty of the revolution.

"Last Seasons in Havana" explores how Castro's rise to power forever altered the future of Cuba and the course of a sport that had been ingrained in the island's culture for almost a century"--



9781496213792


Baseball--History--Cuba--20th century.
Baseball--Social aspects--Cuba.


Electronic Books.

GV863 / .L378 2019