Brooklyn Dodgers in Cuba
The Brooklyn Dodgers held spring training in Havana in 1947 so Jackie Robinson could practice safely. Yet that was hardly the beginning: the Bums played in Cuba over 60 seasons, from 1900 to 1959. Ballplayers drank hard with Hemingway. Some found themselves in Cuban jails. Pitcher Van Lingle Mungo, barricaded in the Hotel Nacional with two women, fended off an angry husband (and his machete). Leo Durocher got into a brawl with an umpire, after Lippy�s translator correctly cursed him in Spanish. Vin Scully watched machine gun�toting barbudas enter the room. An outfielder leaped into the stands, with a loaded gun, to chase a fan. Several players encountered Castro, who once walked onto the field in his fatigues, patted his pistol, and said to Lefty Locklin, �Tonight, we win.�
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Brooklyn Dodgers in Cuba
The Brooklyn Dodgers held spring training in Havana in 1947 so Jackie Robinson could practice safely. Yet that was hardly the beginning: the Bums played in Cuba over 60 seasons, from 1900 to 1959. Ballplayers drank hard with Hemingway. Some found themselves in Cuban jails. Pitcher Van Lingle Mungo, barricaded in the Hotel Nacional with two women, fended off an angry husband (and his machete). Leo Durocher got into a brawl with an umpire, after Lippy�s translator correctly cursed him in Spanish. Vin Scully watched machine gun�toting barbudas enter the room. An outfielder leaped into the stands, with a loaded gun, to chase a fan. Several players encountered Castro, who once walked onto the field in his fatigues, patted his pistol, and said to Lefty Locklin, �Tonight, we win.�
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ISBN-13: | 9781439624210 |
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Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing SC |
Publication date: | 03/28/2011 |
Series: | Images of Baseball |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 128 |
File size: | 41 MB |
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