Cuban Baseball Legends: Baseball's Alternative Universe

by Peter C Bjarkman

Overview

Minnie Minoso. Martin Dihigo. Luis Tiant Sr. and Jr. "El Duque" Orlando and Livan Hernadez. These are only a few of the leading lights profiled in this SABR BioProject book. The 47 individuals profiled here represent only a small handful of the legions of memorable and sometimes even legendary figures produced over nearly a century and a half by an island nation where the bat-and-ball sport known as baseball is more than a national pastime, it is the national passion. The book presents 47 biographies in all, plus essays on Cuban baseball.

Profiled in this book:
Aquino Abreu by Peter C. Bjarkman
Rafael Almeida by Zack Moser
Santos Amaro by Rory Costello
Sandy (Edmundo) Amorós by Rory Costello
Steve (Estebán) Bellán by Brian McKenna
Ramón Bragaña by Lou Hernandez
Bert (Dagoberto) Campaneris by Rich Schabowski
José Cardenal by Ray Birch
Paul Casanova by Rory Costello and José Ramirez
Sandy (Sandalio) Consuegra by Rory Costello
Mike (Miguel) Cuéllar by Adam Ulrey
Tommie (Tomás) de la Cruz by Peter C. Bjarkman
Martín Dihigo by Peter C. Bjarkman
Pedro Formental by Tom Hawthorn
Mike (Miguel) Fornieles by Thomas Ayers
Bárbaro Garbey by Doug Hill
Silvio García by Joe Gerard
Mike (Miguel Ángel) González by Joe Gerard
Tony González by Rory Costello and José Ramirez
Mike (Fermín) Guerra by Bill Nowlin
El Duque (Orlando) Hernández and Liván Hernández by Peter C. Bjarkman
Mike (Ramón) Herrera by Bill Nowlin
Pancho Herrera by José Ramirez
Omar Linares by Peter C. Bjarkman
Dolf (Adolfo) Luque by Peter C. Bjarkman
Bobby Maduro by Rory Costello
Connie (Conrado) Marrero by Peter C. Bjarkman
Armando Marsans by Eric Enders
Rogelio Martinez by Rory Costello
Román Mejias by Ron Briley, Rory Costello, and Bill Nowlin
José de la Caridad Méndez by Peter C. Bjarkman
Minnie (Orestes) Miñoso by Mark Stewart
Willy (Guillermo) Miranda by Rory Costello
Julio Moreno by Rory Costello
Tony Oliva by Peter C. Bjarkman
Alejandro Oms by John Struth
Camilo Pascual by Peter C. Bjarkman
Tony (Tani) Pérez by Phil Cola
Pedro Ramos by Peter C. Bjarkman
Cookie (Octavio) Rojas by Peter M. Gordon
Chico Ruiz by Rory Costello
José Tartabull by Joanne Hulbert
Tony Taylor by Rory Costello and José Ramirez
Luis Tiant Jr. by Mark Armour
Luis Tiant Sr. by Rory Costello
Cristóbal Torriente by Peter C. Bjarkman
Zoilo Versalles by Peter C. Bjarkman

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781943816248
Publisher:	Society for American Baseball Research
Publication date:	07/12/2016
Series:	Latino Baseball Legends , #40
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	10.90(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

PETER C. BJARKMAN is author of 40-plus books on sports history and is perhaps best known in recent years as the leading authority on post-revolution Cuban League baseball and is also the first American to write regular columns and analysis on two "official" Cuban League baseball websites. His 2007 book, History of Cuban Baseball, 1864-2006 is universally recognized as the definitive work on Cuban baseball.

Bjarkman's earlier pictorial history of Cuban baseball entitled Smoke: The Romance and Lore of Cuban Baseball (1999, Total Sports, with photographer Mark Rucker) is widely recognized as a landmark achievement in the field. Diamonds Around the Globe: The Encyclopedia of International Baseball (2005, Greenwood) won The Sporting News-SABR Baseball Research Award and was a finalist for Spitball magazine's CASEY AWARD as "Baseball Book of the Year." Bjarkman's 1994 study, Baseball with a Latin Beat: A History of the Latin American Game (McFarland), earned the Macmillan-SABR Baseball Research Award.

SABR is the Society for American Baseball Research, a group of over 6,000 enthusiasts about the game of baseball whose research interests range from the game's history to statistical analysis, records, cultural impact, and more. The BioProject is a SABR effort to research, write, and publish biographies of every player--and every person--ever connected with organized baseball. Anyone with a love of baseball can join SABR and become a part of these efforts.