Dominican Baseball: New Pride, Old Prejudice
By Alan Klein
()
About this ebook
Pedro Martínez. Sammy Sosa. Manny Ramírez. By 2000, Dominican baseball players were in every Major League clubhouse, and regularly winning every baseball award. In 2002, Omar Minaya became the first Dominican general manager of a Major League team. But how did this codependent relationship between MLB and Dominican talent arise and thrive?
In his incisive and engaging book, Dominican Baseball, Alan Klein examines the history of MLB's presence and influence in the Dominican Republic, the development of the booming industry and academies, and the dependence on Dominican player developers, known as buscones. He also addresses issues of identity fraud and the use of performance-enhancing drugs as hopefuls seek to play professionally.
Dominican Baseball charts the trajectory of the economic flows of this transnational exchange, and the pride Dominicans feel in their growing influence in the sport. Klein also uncovers the prejudice that prompts MLB to diminish Dominican claims on legitimacy. This sharp, smartly argued book deftly chronicles the uneasy and often contested relations of the contemporary Dominican game and industry.
Alan Klein
Dr. Alan Klein is a pediatrician in private practice in Los Angeles, specializing in high-risk infant care.
Read more from Alan Klein
Twins! 2e: Pregnancy, Birth and the First Year of Life Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLakota Hoops: Life and Basketball on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Dominican Baseball
Related ebooks
The Boston Celtics: Larry Bird, Bob Cousy, Red Auerbach, and Other Legends Recall Great Moments in Celtics History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPuerto Rico and Baseball: 60 Biographies: SABR Digital Library, #49 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHis name is Mcnamara: The Autobiography of Jackie McNamara Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe United States of Soccer: MLS and the Rise of American Soccer Fandom Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Latino Wave: How Hispanics Are Transforming Politics in America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Presidential Ambition: Gaining Power At Any Cost Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bama Dynasty: The Crimson Tide's Road to College Football Immortality Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRunning the Corporate Offense: Lessons in Effective Leadership from the Bench to the Board Room Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Charles Schwab: How One Company Beat Wall Street and Reinvented the Brokerage Industry Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhite Angels: Beckham, the Real Madrid, and the New Football Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Ethnic Americans: Immigration and American Society Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEvery Day Is Extra Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Be the Awesome Man: A Young Man's Guide to Achieving Discipline, Success, and Happiness Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe College Football Problem: How Money and Power Corrupted the Game and How We Can Fix That Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHawaiian Air: Tua Tagovailoa Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBattling the Plantation Mentality: Memphis and the Black Freedom Struggle Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Summary of And There Was Light By Jon Meacham: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsInto the Tiger's Jaw: America's First Black Marine Aviator Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBackrooms and Bayous: My Life in Louisiana Politics Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDeath of a Suburban Dream: Race and Schools in Compton, California Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFeeding the Young Athlete Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5New York Sports: Glamour and Grit in the Empire City Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFutebol: Soccer, The Brazilian Way Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Colin Kaepernick: From Free Agent to Change Agent Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTorn at the Roots: The Crisis of Jewish Liberalism in Postwar America Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLeft to Chance: Hurricane Katrina and the Story of Two New Orleans Neighborhoods Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander | Conversation Starters Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
History For You
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Secret History of the World Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Richest Man in Babylon: The most inspiring book on wealth ever written Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5100 Things You're Not Supposed to Know: Secrets, Conspiracies, Cover Ups, and Absurdities Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Grief Observed Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Library Book Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 1]: An Experiment in Literary Investigation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Whore Stories: A Revealing History of the World's Oldest Profession Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5100 Amazing Facts About the Negro with Complete Proof Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Becoming Cliterate: Why Orgasm Equality Matters--And How to Get It Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lessons of History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Great Reset: And the War for the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The ZERO Percent: Secrets of the United States, the Power of Trust, Nationality, Banking and ZERO TAXES! Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Dominican Baseball
0 ratings0 reviews