Baseball Without Borders: The International Pastime

by Dan Gordon and George Gmelch

Book Overview

A televised baseball game from Puerto Rico, Japan, or even Cuba might look a lot like the North American game. Beneath the outward similarities, however--the uniforms and equipment and basic rules--there is usually a very different history and culture influencing the nuances of the sport. These differences are what interest the authors of Baseball without Borders, a book about America's national pastime going global and undergoing instructive,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803271255
• ISBN13: 9780803271258
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"