The Tropic of Baseball: Baseball in the Dominican Republic

by Rob Ruck

Overview

In a new afterword Rob Ruck looks at the current state of baseball in the country that has produced Sammy Sosa and many other major league stars.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803290150
Publisher:	UNP - Bison Books
Publication date:	04/01/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	217
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Rob Ruck teaches history at the University of Pittsburgh and is the author of Sandlot Seasons: Sport in Black Pittsburgh and other books. He was project director for the film Kings on the Hill, an Emmy-winning documentary on Negro League baseball.

Table of Contents

	Foreword	ix
	Introduction: Los Muchachos of Winter	xi
1.	The Apostles of Baseball	1
2.	The Yankee Years	17
3.	Have Baseball--Will Travel	34
4.	Peloteros in the Banana Fields	47
5.	The Dominican Dandy	61
6.	The Winter Game	99
7.	Three Kings Day in Consuelo	115
8.	Mauricio, Padre Jose and Rico	140
9.	The City of Shortstops	167
	Postscript: Season's End	185
	Afterword	195
	Index	207

Editorial Reviews

Unlike John Krich's survey of all Latin America in El Beisbol ( LJ 5/1/89), this looks only at the half-island nation which sent Hall of Famer Juan Marichal and other stars to the big leagues. Ruck ( Sandlot Seasons: Sport in Black Pittsburgh, LJ 1/15/87) traces baseball's 100 years there against the story of foreign economic domination and Trujillo repression. Though expensive for some libraries, this is a valuable study and should be in all serious collections.

Library Journal

San Pedro de Macor<'i>s, an island on the Dominican Republic's southeast coast, has produced more major league baseball players per capita than any other town in the world. This account captures the spirit of the past and present of baseball in the Dominican Republic. This paperback edition offers a new afterword by the author, looking at the current state of baseball in the country. The author teaches history at the University of Pittsburgh. First published in 1991 by Meckler Publishing. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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