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Peter C. Bjarkman - Cuba's Baseball Defectors

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Peter C. Bjarkman

Cuba's Baseball Defectors

2016

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7 No Reservations for Cuba S. 173-202

„… of big-league games that had begun on Cuban national television earlier thatsame summer. A universal …” „… bulgingCuban big-league image, even if average Cubans at home could hardlyappreciate the difference between $30 …” „… Cuban big-league game. That visit would contain a surprise moment that would laterhold unexpected …”

Preface

„… twentieth-century blackball barnstorming winter league seasons,through initial Cuban forays onto the big-league …” „… American baseball andAmerican baseball as no more than Major League Baseball (MLB), theCuban invasion of …” „… . Hardly the leastimportant element here is the ominous prospect that the death of CubanLeague baseball as …”

2 Cuba’s Hidden “Béisbol Paradiso” S. 31-56

„… ofEdenThe recent phenomenon of high-profile Cuban League baseball defec-tors that has so dominated headlines …” „… the Cuban National Amateur BaseballLeague active from 1914 through 1960) stretching across the entire …” „… brief dozen years a mutedbut noteworthy Cuban invasion of big-league diamonds produced theCHAPTER 236 …”

4 Ninety Miles of Sea, One Hundred Miles of “Heater” S. 79-114

„… friendly exhibition seriesbetween the big-league Baltimore Orioles and the Cuban national team.At last an …” „… forty years a big-league team would be visiting the island for anexhibition match.1 And the Cuban …” „… spelled“Denis” or “Danis” in Cuban League guidebooks) had a limited-enoughCuban League resume to escape previous …”

6 “The Best There Ever Was” S. 147-172

„… Cuban big-league contingentsCHAPTER 6150of the pre-1960 epochs were always rather miniscule in size when …” „… tell the story. Nearly 30 percent (see appendix 1) ofall Cubans to make big-league rosters have done so …” „… the issue of whether mid-career Cuban defectors, just like Japanese-league free agents, should …”

8 Go East, Young Men, Go East S. 203-232

„… first Cuban League star loaned to the Japaneseleagues when he played for the Chunichi Dragons in the …” „… during the very week we wereon the ground in Havana, the Cuban League was quietly experiencingwhat would …” „… 2000s—himself had already enjoyed a brief sojourn there as part of hisown hiatus from the Cuban League …”

9 The Unsustainable Dream S. 233-252

„… international tournament play) as their own.The sacrifice bunt, as one example, is now a staple Cuban League …” „… best deals. The same cry is now echoed insupport of Cubans seeking to defect to big-league clubs. So …” „… benefit the Cubanbaseball establishment. It would solve most of the problems the CubanLeague now faces …”

Notes S. 299-328

„… “If Méndez was a white man I would pay $50,000 for his release fromAlmendares” (his Cuban League club …” „… Press news release.2. Cuban players, employed by a government-run league and not by corpo-rate teams, do …” „… . He had more recently been a youth league coach and was accompanying a300-strong Cuban delegation of …”

Index S. 339-346

„… 339INDEXAbreu, José Dariel, 7, 27, 150, 154, 162;Cuban League performance of, 6,156–157, 158–159 …” „… club, 170–171Arizona Fall League, xxi, 264Armour, Mark, 248Arocha, René, 55, 106, 107; Cuban …” „… signing of, 94;Cuban League performance of, 92;defection story of, 90–91; law suitagainst, 96; MLB …”

3 Sugar Cane Curtain Fiascos S. 57-78

„… pulled from Cuban shores by International League officials inan atmosphere of worsening tensions between …” „… pulled out the American players forthe last Cuban League winter season of 1960–61 and then sent the …” „… ). And the league, as well as the Cuban season,would take several forms over the ensuing years, often …”

1 The Essence of “Puigmania” S. 1-30

„… debuts to be found inbig-league annals. The raw twenty-two-year-old Cuban’s first trio ofgames were …” „… Japanese stars fleeing to big-league franchises. (In the caseTHE ESSENCE OF “PUIGMANIA” 5of the Cubans …” „… seeing Cuban stars grab big-league jobs that might otherwise have been filled by American athletes.)MLB …”

5 Brothers in Exile S. 115-146

„… before thedevelopments that led to his Cuban League banishment. Fainaru traces ElDuque’s adventure …” „… particu-larly young age for a Cuban League rookie. And it would then be anotherhalf-dozen seasons before Orlando …” „… 1997 debut NationalLeague season for the first Cuban in decades to play a significant role inan MLB …”

Epilogue S. 253-272

„… impact of the“Cuban defector story” for both Cuban baseball (the apparent loser) andmajor league baseball …” „… explosion of Cuban talent on the big-league scene over a recentEPILOGUE268handful of years. Two background …” „… tales prop up that main storyline. Oneis the diminishing quality of Cuban domestic-league baseball now …”

References and Sources S. 329-338

„… ).———. “Cuban League” in: SABR Baseball Biography Project (February 2011).———. “Fidel Castro and Baseball” in …” „… ).Schmidt, Michael S. “Opening of Relations Could Bring Cuban Stars to Major League Base-ball” in: New York …” „… London: Greenwood Press, 2005.———. A History of Cuban Baseball, 1864–2006. Jefferson, NC, and London …”

Appendix 2 S. 283-298

„… most (butlikely not all) of the players who appeared on the rosters of Cuban LeagueNational Series …” „… anxiously anticipated accord between the CubanBaseball Federation and Major League Baseball was no longer on …” „… likelyfor the foreseeable future.APPENDIX2285Player Pos Year Cuban League Post-Cuba Status1) Eduardo Cajuso …”

Appendix 1 S. 273-282

„… 273APPENDIX 1193 Cuban-Born Major LeaguersThis list of all Cuban-born major leaguers is complete …” „… through Septem-ber 2015 and includes only native Cubans born on the island nation.Those who also played in …” „… the post-revolution Cuban National Series (i.e.,all those except Bárbaro Garbey, who was expelled from …”

About the Author S. 347-348

„… domestic-league Cuban baseball firsthand on more thanforty visits to the communist country since 1997 and has also …” „… revolutionary-era baseball. He is author of the seminal volume A Historyof Cuban Baseball, 1864–2006 (2007) and …” „… coauthor (with Mark Rucker)of Smoke—The Romance and Lore of Cuban Baseball (1999). Bjarkmanhas witnessed …”

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VRÜ Verfassung und Recht in Übersee

Browse Volumes: VRÜ Verfassung und Recht in Übersee

VRÜ | WCL Volume 19 (1986) Issue 3 ISSN Online: 2941-9603

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Robert R. Jaster South Africa in Namibia: The Botha Strategy S. 356-361

„… Resolution 435) abhängig gemacht wird vom parallelen Abzug der Cubaner aus Angola. Diese hel fen dort seit …” „… Version von Linkage, d . h . die Forderung nach Abzug aller Cubaner vor der Implementierung von Resolu …” „… Linkage-Position Süd afrikas ist so hochgeschraubt, daß sich Jaster zu Recht frägt, ob ein Abzug der Cubaner aus …”

Martin Schümer Die amerikanische Politik gegenüber dem südlichen Afrika S. 356-361

„… Resolution 435) abhängig gemacht wird vom parallelen Abzug der Cubaner aus Angola. Diese hel fen dort seit …” „… Version von Linkage, d . h . die Forderung nach Abzug aller Cubaner vor der Implementierung von Resolu …” „… Linkage-Position Süd afrikas ist so hochgeschraubt, daß sich Jaster zu Recht frägt, ob ein Abzug der Cubaner aus …”

Axel Harneit-Sievers SWAPO of Namibia. Entwicklung, Programmatik und Politik seit 1959 S. 356-361

„… Resolution 435) abhängig gemacht wird vom parallelen Abzug der Cubaner aus Angola. Diese hel fen dort seit …” „… Version von Linkage, d . h . die Forderung nach Abzug aller Cubaner vor der Implementierung von Resolu …” „… Linkage-Position Süd afrikas ist so hochgeschraubt, daß sich Jaster zu Recht frägt, ob ein Abzug der Cubaner aus …”

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Stefan Rinke, Kay Schiller - The FIFA World Cup 1930 – 2010

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Stefan Rinke (ed.), Kay Schiller (ed.)

The FIFA World Cup 1930 – 2010

2014

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Brenda Elsey Football at the “End” of the World. The 1962 World Cup S. 162-184

„… the instability of the professional league. Despite their tensions with amateurs, professional …” „… professional contract in the league’s first year. Journalists described Saavedra’s teammate, Waldo Sanhueza, as …” „… creation of the Professional League in 1931. In mainstream publications, writers portrayed old “cracks” or …”

Joshua H. Nadel Cup of Welcome? Media, Marketing, Latinos, and the 1994 World Cup S. 298-317

„… League Soccer (MLS), promised by the US Soccer Federation to FIFA as a condition for granting the finals …” „… National Hockey League and the National Basketball Association, and fell just short of the average …” „… with 1 Jed Hughes, “NBA and NHL Get the Boot: MLS is the Third Most Attended Sports League in America …”

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Patrick Rosenow - Die Ständigen Vertreter der USA bei den Vereinten Nationen

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Die Ständigen Vertreter der USA bei den Vereinten Nationen

Series: The United Nations and Global Change

Volume 15 2019

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8 Literaturverzeichnis S. 405-451

„… Cuban Missile Crisis, in: The American Political Science Review 63 (3), S. 689–718. Allison, Graham …” „… (1971): Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis, Glenview, IL. Allison, Graham/Halperin …” „… (S1), S. 40–79. Allison, Graham/Zelikow, Philip (1999): Essence of Decision. Explaining the Cuban …”

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Jeanette Schade

Soft Superpower

Series: Entwicklungstheorie und Entwicklungspolitik

Volume 9 2010

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Zivilgesellschaft und Regimewechsel (pre-breakthrough countries) S. 367-381

„… gehör(t)en:Der Cuban Democracy Act vom 23. Oktober 1992 und der Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act, kurz …” „… LIBERTAD genannt, vom 12. März 1996. Der Cuban Democracy Act wurde im Rahmen der Mittelbewilligungen des FY …” „… für Kuba, Radio Marti und Television Marti, aufgewertet (Sec. 102). Im Vergleich zum Cuban Democracy …”

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