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Cuba's Baseball Defectors: The Inside Story
By Bjarkman, Peter C.
- ISBN
- 9781442247987 9781442247994
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
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Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2016 | Arts and Humanities
After the integration of major league baseball in 1947, Cuban ballplayers such as Minnie Miñoso, Pedro Ramos, and Sandy Amorós dotted rosters throughout the National and American Leagues. Later, legends including Tony Pérez, Tony Olivia, and the incomparable Luis Tiant left Cuba before the start of the country's revolution in 1953 prevented future stars from entering American baseball. Since that time, several ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
