Peter C. Bjarkman

Gebundenes Buch

Cuba's Baseball Defectors

The Inside Story

Beschreibung

This book reveals the complete truth behind the wave of Cuban baseball talent coming to MLB, placing recent events in the context of Cuban baseball history before delving into the stories of the major Cuban stars who have left the island. It shares their personal histories, explains why many chose defection, and details their harrowing journeys.

Autor

Peter C. Bjarkman (1941-2018) is widely acknowledged as the leading authority on post-revolution Cuban baseball and a prolific writer and commentator on the sport. He was interviewed on the subject on national and international radio and television networks, including NPR, PBS, BBC, and MSNBC. Bjarkman appeared as a Cuba baseball expert on the Travel Channel's "No Reservations Cuba," ESPN's "30 for 30" documentary, Brothers in Exile, and the MLB Productions documentary film Cuba: Island of Baseball. Bjarkman was a contributing writer for the Hall of Fame-sponsored website www.LaVidaBaseball.com. He is the author of A History of Cuban Baseball, 1864-2006 (2014) and Cuba's Baseball Defectors: The Inside Story (2016) which won the SABR Baseball Research Award. He was also awarded the SABR Henry Chadwick Award in 2016, which honors baseball's great researchers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
• Seitenzahl: 386
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 163mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 742g
• ISBN-13: 9781442247987
• ISBN-10: 1442247983
• Artikelnr.: 43492926