New Face of Baseball : The One-Hundred-Year Rise and Triumph of Latinos in America's Favorite Sport

Wendel, Tim; Costas, Bob (FRW); Baldizon, Victor (PHT)

ISBN 10: 0060536322 / ISBN 13: 9780060536329

Published by Dey Street Books, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: New Face of Baseball : The One-Hundred-Year Rise and Triumph of Latinos in America's Favorite Sport
• Publisher: Dey Street Books
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060536322
• ISBN 13: 9780060536329
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

Going as far back as the mid-nineteenth century, to the early days of Cuban baseball, Wendel traces the spread of American baseball fever in the Caribbean and Mexico; discusses lesser-known historical standouts, including Adolfo Luque and Martin Dihigo; and describes the days when only light-skinned Latinos wereallowed to participate in Major League competition as well as the linguistic barrier many Latinos faced when playing on teams with "English only" rules.

Featuring interviews with Latino superstars past and present; a foreword by Bob Costas; the first-ever-published Latino All-Century Team, featuring players selected by Omar Minaya; and photos taken by award-winning Sports Illustrated photographer Victor Baldizon, The New Face of Baseball helps fans of America's favorite pastime to understand the history of those who bring hope and honor every season to the teams they have given their lives to, and the Hispanic culture that, if allowed, can lie hidden and unnoticed under a team jersey.

About the Author

Tim Wendel is an award-winning journalist and the author of Castro's Curveball, a novel about baseball in Cuba. Wendel is one of the founders of USA Today Baseball Weekly, where he served as an editor and writer. He teaches at Johns Hopkins University and lives, in Vienna, Virginia.