Best Cuban Baseball Players - April 2024

Only the Ball Was White: A History of Legendary Black Players and All-Black Professional Teams

Early in the 1920s, the New York Giants sent a scout to watch a young Cuban play for Foster's American Giants, a baseball club in the Negro Leagues. During one at-bat this talented slugger lined a ball so hard that the rightfielder was able to play it off the top of the fence and throw Christobel Torrienti out at first base. The scout liked what he saw, but was disappointed in the player's appearance. "He was a light brown," recalled one of Torrienti's teammates, "and would have gone up to the major leagues, but he had real rough hair." Such was life behind the color line, the unofficial bound... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0195076370
• ASIN: 0195076370
• ISBN: 9780195076370
• Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

The Extra 2%: How Wall Street Strategies Took a Major League Baseball Team from Worst to First

What happens when three financial industry whiz kids and certified baseball nuts take over an ailing major league franchise and implement the same strategies that fueled their success on Wall Street? In the case of the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays, an American League championship happens—the culmination of one of the greatest turnarounds in baseball history. In The Extra 2%, financial journalist and sportswriter Jonah Keri chronicles the remarkable story of one team’s Cinderella journey from divisional doormat to World Series contender. When former Goldman Sachs colleagues Stuart Sternberg and Matt... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0345517652
• ASIN: 0345517652
• ISBN: 0345517652
• Brand: ESPN Books
• Manufacturer: ESPN Books

Cuban Baseball: A Statistical History, 1878 - 1961

In March 1999, the Baltimore Orioles played a team of Cuban all-stars, the first time a major league baseball team from the United States had played a Cuban team since Cuba’s communist revolution in 1959. The Orioles won 3–2 in 11 innings. This text presents basic statistical information and listings for every Cuban baseball team from 1878 until 1961. The Cuban League functioned until February 1961, but the International League revoked the Cubans Sugar Kings franchise in July 1960. The information for each season includes the final standings, team rosters, all-time records, individual sta... [Read More]

• ASIN: 078641250X
• ASIN: 078641250X
• ISBN: 078641250X
• Brand: Brand: Macfarland n Co.
• Manufacturer: McFarland Publishing

Armando Marsans: A Cuban Pioneer in the Major Leagues

Armando Marsans, who joined the Cincinnati Reds in 1911, was the first Cuban star of the major leagues. Events in baseball have often mirrored America's social development--Jackie Robinson's breaking of the color barrier is one example--and the story of Armando Marsans has much to teach about the United States and Latin America during the early 20th century. In detailing the career of Marsans, this work also recapitulates baseball history in Cuba and describes the early development of professional baseball in America. Examples of how Americans reacted to Marsans as a player and a person, and t... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0786415843
• ASIN: 0786415843
• ISBN: 0786415843
• Brand: Brand: Mcfarland n Co Inc Pub
• Manufacturer: McFarland & Company

The Escape: An Irish Mafia Romance (Downing Family Book 1)

Brooks and Daria's trilogy is now complete.My little brother is marrying the daughter of a Cuban Mob boss, creating a powerful alliance between our Irish and Cuban families. But unless I can keep my…uh, private parts in my pants and stop chasing the bridesmaid, we’ll all be screwed. As the son of an Irish Mob boss, Brooks Downing is utterly dedicated to the family, but after meeting the beautiful young Russian ballerina, Daria Gorev, at his brother’s wedding, his focus is drawn away from obligation and transforms into a physical attraction unlike anything he has experienced before. As th... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07GBHZ3WG
• ASIN: B07GBHZ3WG
• Manufacturer: Belmonte Publishing, LLC

Out of the Shadows: African American Baseball from the Cuban Giants to Jackie Robinson

For nearly fifteen years NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture has been a leading scholarly journal of baseball history. Covering the cultural and historical implications of America’s national pastime, NINE has explored baseball from the earliest matches and little-known players of the 1800s to the modern billion-dollar industry and its superstars of today. Here, gathered for the first time, are the best essays from NINE that center on the complex and multifaceted topic of African Americans in baseball. This diverse collection offers an enlightening look at African American baseba... [Read More]

• ASIN: 080327825X
• ASIN: 080327825X
• ISBN: 080327825X
• Brand: Brand: Bison Books
• Manufacturer: Bison Books

2016 Who's Who in Baseball

• ASIN: 091069236X
• ASIN: 091069236X
• ISBN: 091069236X

Vindicated: Big Names, Big Liars, and the Battle to Save Baseball

Vindicated is the New York Times bestselling memoir from Jose Canseco with shocking new details about Major League Baseball's steroid epidemic.In 2005, Jose Canseco blew the lid off Major League Baseball's steroid scandal—and no one believed him. His New York Times bestselling memoir Juiced met a firestorm of criticism and outrage from the media, coaches, clubs, and players, many of whom Canseco had personally introduced to steroids—with a needle in the ass. Baseball's former golden boy, Rookie of the Year, onetime Most Valuable Player, and owner of two World Series rings was called a liar... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1416593519
• ASIN: 1416593519
• ISBN: 1416593519
• Brand: Gallery Books
• Manufacturer: Gallery Books

Cuba Loves Baseball: A Photographic Journey

According to the New York Times, Cuba is at an historic turning point. As Cuba catches up with political and economic changes, baseball will inevitably catch up and change as well. In Cuba Loves Baseball, photographer Ira Block, who has spent the past three years photographing the culture of Cuba through baseball, has assembled more than one hundred images of baseball players of all ages. In doing so, Block helps to preserve baseball's enduring presence in Cuba. The colorful photos cover everything from grass roots baseball to the pro teams, from portraits of old-timers to children playing bas... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1510730435
• ASIN: 1510730435
• ISBN: 1510730435
• Brand: Skyhorse
• Manufacturer: Skyhorse

Smoke: The Romance And Lore Of Cuban Baseball

Shrouded in mystery for decades, Cuban baseball has become the final frontier for fans of the sport in America. An unprecedented collection of photographs, statistics, and lore, 'Smoke' explores the depth and range of the island's baseball heritage - from its origins in the 1870s, to Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb's barnstorming tours, to Fidel Castro and the Cold War that closed off access, to Orlando 'El Duque' Hernandez of the world-champion 1998 Yankees. The combined efforts of Latin baseball's leading historian and the recognized authority on baseball images provide an exciting reading and viewing... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0756779251
• ASIN: 0756779251
• ISBN: 0756779251
• Manufacturer: Diane Pub Co

El Tiante, the Luis Tiant story

Hard cover

• ASIN: 0385121164
• ASIN: 0385121164
• ISBN: 0385121164
• Brand: Brand: Doubleday
• Manufacturer: Doubleday

Early U.S. Blackball Teams in Cuba: Box Scores, Rosters and Statistics for the American Series, 1900–1945

Before they were the stars of the Negro Leagues--before the Negro Leagues even began--outstanding African American players like Rube Foster, Charles Grant and Pop Lloyd competed against the leading players of Cuba. In the early years of the 20th century, winners of the "colored" championship in the United States traveled to Cuba to compete against the top Cuban League teams, amateur clubs, and All-Star squads. Part of the "American Series" that brought teams from the major, minor, and Negro leagues to the island nation for more than six decades, these games are arguably the most important in a... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0786419288
• ASIN: 0786419288
• ISBN: 0786419288
• Brand: Brand: McFarland
• Manufacturer: McFarland & Company

The Duke of Havana: Baseball, Cuba, and the Search for the American Dream

In 1998, a mysterious right-handed pitcher emerged from the ashes of the Cold War and helped lead the New York Yankees to a World Championship. His origins and even his age were uncertain. His name was Orlando El Duque Hernandez. He was a fallen hero of Fidel Castro's socialist revolution.The chronicle of El Duque's triumph is at once a window into the slow death of Cuban socialism and one of the most remarkable sports stories of all time. Once hailed as a paragon of Castro's revolution, the finest pitcher in modern Cuban history was banned from baseball for life for allegedly plotting to defe... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0375503455
• ASIN: 0375503455
• ISBN: 0375503455
• Manufacturer: Villard

Voices from the Pastime: Oral Histories of Surviving Major Leaguers, Negro Leaguers, Cuban Leaguers and Writers, 1920-1934

Over 1,500 men played major league baseball during the golden era of the 1920s, and over 850 played in the Negro Leagues during the same decade. At the end of the 20th century only about 20 of those men were still alive. The author of this work tracked down all of those players, 14 of whom were able to grant an interview. In this unique book, those 14 players, a Cuban leaguer and five former sportswriters give first person accounts of baseball in the 1920s and early 1930s. They talk of the greatest players in the history of the game--Babe Ruth, Josh Gibson, Satchel Paige, Walter Johnson and Ma... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0786408243
• ASIN: 0786408243
• ISBN: 0786408243
• Brand: Brand: Mcfarland n Co Inc Pub
• Manufacturer: McFarland & Company

The Grandmaster: Magnus Carlsen and the Match That Made Chess Great Again

A firsthand account of the dramatic 2016 World Chess Championship between Norway's Magnus Carlsen and Russia's Sergey Karjakin, which mirrored the world's geopolitical unrest and rekindled a global fascination with the sport.The first week of November 2016, as a crowd of people swarmed outside of Manhattan’s Trump Tower to rail against the election of Donald Trump, hundreds more descended on the city’s South Street Seaport. But they weren’t there to protest. They were there to watch the World Chess Championship between Norway's Magnus Carlsen and Russia's Sergey Karjakin—what by the ti... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1501172603
• ASIN: 1501172603
• ISBN: 1501172603
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

Legends: The Best Players, Games, and Teams in Baseball: World Series Heroics! Greatest Homerun Hitters! Classic Rivalries! and Much, Much More!

Presents a history of America's pastime that discusses many of its most notable players, teams, rivalries, and moments, from Jackie Robinson's breaking of the color barrier to the home run race between Sammy Sosa and

• UPC: 42083227

Legends: The Best Players, Games, And Teams In Baseball:

Legends: The Best Players, Games, And Teams In

• UPC: 653831546

Legends: The Best Players, Games, and Teams in Baseball : World Series Heroics! Greatest Home Run Hitters! Classic Rivalries! And Much, Much More!

In this volume, Howard Bryant brings to life the best that baseball has to offer--the heroes, the bitter rivalries, the moments that every sports--loving kid should

• UPC: 48452461

Legends: The Best Players, Games, and Teams in Baseball - eBook

“With the LEGENDS series, Howard Bryant brings to life the best that sports has to offer—the heroes, the bitter rivalries, the moments that every sports-loving kid should know.”—Mike Lupica, #1 bestselling author of Travel Team,

• UPC: 809258891

Creating the Ultimate Baseball Player: Learn the Secrets and Tricks Used By the Best Professional Baseball Players and Coaches to Improve Your Athleticism, Nutrition, and Mental Toughness - eBook

To reach your true potential you need to be at your optimal physical and mental condition and in order to do this you need to start an organized plan that will help you develop your

• UPC: 865442637

Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Lineups : A Complete Guide to the Best, Worst, and Most Memorable Players to Ever Grace the Major Leagues

Provides a close-up look at every position on every major-league team, past and present, to answer controversial questions about the best and worst players in the major leagues and offers fascinating new insights into the

• UPC: 2135819
• Rating: 3.0

3dRose Best Baseball Player Ever - bold black text sport talent sporty pride, Single Toggle Switch

Best Baseball Player Ever - bold black text sport talent sporty pride Light Switch Cover made of durable scratch resistant metal that will not fade, chip or peel. Featuring a high gloss finish, along with

• UPC: 116208869
• Model: lsp_179756_1

Porcelein Pin Worlds Best Baseball Player Lapel Badge – NEONBLOND

These unique NEONBLOND Pins / Brooches are carefully handmade and printed. Made from parian porcelain and will make an unique and unforgettable gift. Porcelain is a traditional and memorable gift option to celebrate a wedding

• UPC: 113211376
• Model: pin-02-144571
• Size: One Size

Willie Mays - Famous Quotes Laminated POSTER PRINT 24x20 - I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw.

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• UPC: 112466151

Doug Harvey - Willie Mays was the best baseball player I ever saw. He could do anything - Famous Quotes Laminated POSTER PRINT 24X20.

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• UPC: 171125004
• Size: 24"X20"24\" x 20\"