Beisbol: Latin Americans and the Grand Old Game

Oleksak, Michael M.; Oleksak, Mary Adams

ISBN 10: 1561119261 ISBN 13: 9781561119264

Publisher: High Top Pub

Synopsis

Since the 1860's, Latin American nations have been cultivating their own baseball traditions--and producing tremendous baseball talents. The Oleksaks trace the vital Latin American contribution to professional baseball. 2 cassettes.

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Review

...the first complete account of the role of athletes from (Latin America) who played big-league baseball. -- R.M. Levine - Choice

Beisbol es un fascinante relato, lleno de experiencias, y datos histricos sobre mas de cien anos de juego de pelota en (Latinoamerica)... -- Isabel Butten el diario/La Prensa, June 12, 1991

Beisbol provides a comprehensive overview of every Latin country that has contributed players to the majors... -- David Plant USA Today Baseball Weekly, Nov. 1-7, 1991

Essential for libraries with Hispanic readers, and a good choice for other sports collections -- Library Journal.--Morey Berger, formerly with Monmouth Cty. Lib., N.J.

a whirlwind of baseball lore peppered with fascinating Latin American history lessons, player profiles, memorable quotes, play-by-plays of the great games... -- Hispanic Magazine, July 1991 (Martha Frase-Blunt)

From Library Journal

A job assignment in the Dominican Republic led the Oleksaks to delve into Latin American baseball history. Their book follows on the heels of two similar offerings on the subject, John Krich's El Beisbol ( LJ 5/1/89), which blends travelog with a current survey of the sport, and Rob Ruck's The Tropic of Baseball ( LJ 2/15/91), which concentrates on the Dominican game. In comparison, the Oleksaks provide wider emphasis on the collective and individual contributions of Latins to the game than Krich or Ruck does. Essential for libraries with Hispanic readers, and a good choice for other sports collections .
-Morey Berger, formerly with Monmouth Cty. Lib., N.J.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: High Top Pub
• ISBN 10: 1561119261
• ISBN 13: 9781561119264
• Binding: Audio Cassette