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...Krich...tell[s] the story of our failed foreign policies in Latin America through baseball and make[s] it funny. -- Playboy
A book about truth and illusion...delightful...magic. -- Bill Littlefield, National Public Radio
A book of integrity and pleasure. -- Tom Miller, New York Times Book Review
El Beisbol sparkles with keen observations and irreverent humor. -- Washington Post Book World
He uses baseball to illuminate politics, except when he uses politics to illuminate baseball. -- Daniel Okrent
Krich has the ability to dance, without betrayal, between myth and history, poetry and politics. -- Richard Grossinger, editor, The Temple of Baseball, National Public Radio
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A quirky, wry, and often hilarious odyssey through the baseball fields of Latin America--both sports book and travelogue, political reportage and meditation on New World identity. El Beisbol sparkles with keen observation and irreverent humor. --Washington Post Book World
...Krich...tell[s] the story of our failed foreign policies in Latin America through baseball and make[s] it funny. -- Playboy
A book about truth and illusion...delightful...magic. -- Bill Littlefield, National Public Radio
A book of integrity and pleasure. -- Tom Miller, New York Times Book Review
El Beisbol sparkles with keen observations and irreverent humor. -- Washington Post Book World
He uses baseball to illuminate politics, except when he uses politics to illuminate baseball. -- Daniel Okrent
Krich has the ability to dance, without betrayal, between myth and history, poetry and politics. -- Richard Grossinger, editor, The Temple of Baseball, National Public Radio
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A quirky, wry, and often hilarious odyssey through the baseball fields of Latin America--both sports book and travelogue, political reportage and meditation on New World identity. El Beisbol sparkles with keen observation and irreverent humor. --Washington Post Book World
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Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo, Puerto Rican, Latin America, Vic Power, Dominican Republic, San Juan, San Pedro, Doña Vera, World Series, Roberto Clemente, North American, Sports City, New World, Luis Mayoral, New York, United States, Never Get This Close, Anything You Love, Captain Jay, Joaquin Andújar, Juan Marichal, Tony Peña, King Wallah, Little League Browse Sample Pages:
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