Beisbol: Latin Americans and the Grand Old Game [Audio Cassette]

Michael M. Oleksak (Author), Mary Adams Oleksak (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1993

Since the 1860's, Latin American nations have been cultivating their own baseball traditions--and producing tremendous baseball talents. The Oleksaks trace the vital Latin American contribution to professional baseball. 2 cassettes.

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

A job assignment in the Dominican Republic led the Oleksaks to delve into Latin American baseball history. Their book follows on the heels of two similar offerings on the subject, John Krich's El Beisbol ( LJ 5/1/89), which blends travelog with a current survey of the sport, and Rob Ruck's The Tropic of Baseball ( LJ 2/15/91), which concentrates on the Dominican game. In comparison, the Oleksaks provide wider emphasis on the collective and individual contributions of Latins to the game than Krich or Ruck does. Essential for libraries with Hispanic readers, and a good choice for other sports collections .
-Morey Berger, formerly with Monmouth Cty. Lib., N.J.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Review

...the first complete account of the role of athletes from (Latin America) who played big-league baseball. -- R.M. Levine - Choice

Beisbol es un fascinante relato, lleno de experiencias, y datos histricos sobre mas de cien anos de juego de pelota en (Latinoamerica)... -- Isabel Butten el diario/La Prensa, June 12, 1991

Beisbol provides a comprehensive overview of every Latin country that has contributed players to the majors... -- David Plant USA Today Baseball Weekly, Nov. 1-7, 1991

Essential for libraries with Hispanic readers, and a good choice for other sports collections -- Library Journal.--Morey Berger, formerly with Monmouth Cty. Lib., N.J.

a whirlwind of baseball lore peppered with fascinating Latin American history lessons, player profiles, memorable quotes, play-by-plays of the great games... -- Hispanic Magazine, July 1991 (Martha Frase-Blunt) --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: High Top Sports Production (July 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1561119261
• ISBN-13: 978-1561119264
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 4.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,999,705 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Baseball with that Latin kick, October 3, 2004

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This review is from: Beisbol: Latin Americans and the Grand Old Game (Paperback)

Lengthy player profiles that don't just stop at their "American" baseball experiences are strategically placed within the text as the author skips from country to country across the Caribbean. It's not some sort of penetrating study and some of the chapters are quite brief but you do gain great insight into how much baseball is loved by the people of this region.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Historical inaccuracies and typos equal a grand flop, September 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Beisbol: Latin Americans and the Grand Old Game (Paperback)

This effort is one of the most disappointment among the 100 or so baseball history titles that I have read in the past half-dozen years. The book is poorly edited and filled with literally hundreds of typographical errors. (Also the footnotes section at the end of the hardcover edition is simply eliminated from the end of the paperback, without corresponding adjustments in the text!) This factor is especially disappointing when it comes to the butchered names of dozens of Latin ballplayers. There are also numerous historical inaccuracies here. Hispaniola is not an island to the west of Cuba. Jackie Robinson was not called up to the Brooklyn Dodgers "not long after the 1947 began." Aluminum bats are not made in Cuba by the Batos company. And such errors go on and on. This book is a major disappointment when it comes to historical historical research.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very well done, June 16, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Beisbol: Latin Americans and the Grand Old Game (Audio Cassette)

A historical synopsis of what is now the official garden of talent for the Major Leagues; Latin America.

Ignites the importance of the Spanish American War - in baseball anyway.