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Raceball : how the Major Leagues colonized the Black and Latin game / Rob Ruck.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Spanish Publication details: Boston : Beacon Press, c2011.Description: xiii, 273 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780807048054 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 796.357 22
LOC classification:
  • GV 867.64 R911r 2011
Contents:
The Gospel of baseball -- Blackball's heyday -- A Latin challenge -- The winds of war -- Integration's curse -- ¡Viva México! -- New Caribbean currents -- Whiteout -- The rise of the academies.
Summary: From an award-winning writer, the first linked history of African Americans and Latinos in Major League Baseball After peaking at 27 percent of all major leaguers in 1975, African Americans now make up less than one-tenth--a decline unimaginable in other men's pro sports. The number of Latin Americans, by contrast, has exploded to over one-quarter of all major leaguers and roughly half of those playing in the minors. Award-winning historian Rob Ruck not only explains the catalyst for this sea change; he also breaks down the consequences that cut across society. Integration cost black and Caribbean societies control over their own sporting lives, changing the meaning of the sport, but not always for the better. While it channeled black and Latino athletes into major league baseball, integration did little for the communities they left behind. By looking at this history from the vantage point of black America and the Caribbean, a more complex story comes into focus, one largely missing from traditional narratives of baseball's history. Raceball unveils a fresh and stunning truth: baseball has never been stronger as a business, never weaker as a game.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Automatización y Procesos Técnicos (1er. Piso) GV 867.64 R911r 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000132554

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Gospel of baseball --
Blackball's heyday --
A Latin challenge --
The winds of war --
Integration's curse --
¡Viva México! --
New Caribbean currents --
Whiteout --
The rise of the academies.

From an award-winning writer, the first linked history of African Americans and Latinos in Major League Baseball After peaking at 27 percent of all major leaguers in 1975, African Americans now make up less than one-tenth--a decline unimaginable in other men's pro sports. The number of Latin Americans, by contrast, has exploded to over one-quarter of all major leaguers and roughly half of those playing in the minors. Award-winning historian Rob Ruck not only explains the catalyst for this sea change; he also breaks down the consequences that cut across society. Integration cost black and Caribbean societies control over their own sporting lives, changing the meaning of the sport, but not always for the better. While it channeled black and Latino athletes into major league baseball, integration did little for the communities they left behind. By looking at this history from the vantage point of black America and the Caribbean, a more complex story comes into focus, one largely missing from traditional narratives of baseball's history. Raceball unveils a fresh and stunning truth: baseball has never been stronger as a business, never weaker as a game.

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