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The New Face of Baseball: The One-Hundred-Year Rise and Triumph of Latinos in America's Favorite Sport

by Tim Wendel

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A century of Latino baseball history, on and off the field

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A century of Latino baseball history, on and off the field

Tim Wendel traces Latino participation in baseball from nineteenth-century Cuba through the sport’s growth across the Caribbean and Mexico and into Major League competition. The book connects individual careers—including Adolfo Luque and Martin Dihigo—to broader barriers involving racial exclusion and English-only team rules. Interviews with Latino players from different eras add firsthand perspectives, while the Latino All-Century Team selected by Omar Minaya offers a framework for considering the players highlighted by this history. Photographs accompany a narrative centered on the cultural presence and long-standing contributions of Latino athletes to professional baseball.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Baseball fans interested in the sport’s history
  • Readers exploring Latino and Hispanic contributions to U.S. sports
  • Sports-history readers interested in race, language, and access in professional athletics

Themes

Latino baseball historyCaribbean and Mexican baseballRace and exclusionLanguage barriersCultural identity in sports

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Book overview

Going as far back as the mid-nineteenth century, to the early days of Cuban baseball, Wendel traces the spread of American baseball fever in the Caribbean and Mexico; discusses lesser-known historical standouts, including Adolfo Luque and Martin Dihigo; and describes the days when only light-skinned Latinos wereallowed to participate in Major League competition as well as the linguistic barrier many Latinos faced when playing on teams with "English only" rules.

Featuring interviews with Latino superstars past and present; a foreword by Bob Costas; the first-ever-published Latino All-Century Team, featuring players selected by Omar Minaya; and photos taken by award-winning Sports Illustrated photographer Victor Baldizon, The New Face of Baseball helps fans of America's favorite pastime to understand the history of those who bring hope and honor every season to the teams they have given their lives to, and the Hispanic culture that, if allowed, can lie hidden and unnoticed under a team jersey.

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