Dominican Baseball: New Pride, Old Prejudice

by Alan Klein

Book Overview

Pedro Mart nez. Sammy Sosa. Manny Ram rez. 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 143991088X
• ISBN13: 9781439910887
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.9"