The Tropic of Baseball: Baseball in the Dominican Republic

by Rob Ruck

Book 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. 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803289782
• ISBN13: 9780803289789
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: Bison
• Length: 217 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"