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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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Preface

„… managers(the approximate island population), and baseball has always been asmuch a Cuban cultural fixture as …” „… CUBA’S BASEBALL DEFECTORSCUBA’S BASEBALL DEFECTORSThe Inside StoryPeter C. BjarkmanROWMAN …” „… baseball defectors : the inside story / Peter C. Bjarkman.Description: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016 …”

Notes S. 299-328

„… research for the coffee table book Smoke: The Romance and Lore ofCuban Baseball. Cuba and its baseball soon …” „… say about Fidel’s connections to baseball, a disap-pointing oversight likely related to the …” „… contraband.”4. Brian Costa, “Why Baseball Is Losing Its Grip on Cuba” (Wall StreetJournal, June 9, 2015 …”

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

„… baseball prowess was most often displayed asa successful manager, in which role he would be later credited …” „… figures . . . all of it is bunk, tossed upwith a wink and a nudge.—John Thorn, Baseball in the Garden …” „… ofEdenThe recent phenomenon of high-profile Cuban League baseball defec-tors that has so dominated headlines …”

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

„… maze of the Cuban baseball hierarchy. Lavigne had also inter-viewed national team manager Victor Mesa …” „… Baseball) and had plans to talk in more depth with the outspok-en ex-superstar and current Matanzas manager …” „… than what they had always been—meaningless exhibitions in whichAmerican baseball stars and their …”

7 No Reservations for Cuba S. 173-202

„… Drakulic, Café EuropaThe world of Cuban baseball was thrown open to numerous televisionviewers across North …” „… all, recommendations for a centerpiece ballpark visit. Bourdain, itturned out, was a devoted baseball …” „… get right to the heart of the subject, which meant he wanted to focus hisshoot on Cuban baseball. He …”

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

„… in the nationalmagazine was my outspoken views on the elevated quality of currentCuban baseball stars …” „… recent informal gathering staged that same month with a group ofCanadian and American baseball fans in …” „… international baseball. The situation was remi-niscent of one found in Japan four or five decades back and so …”

3 Sugar Cane Curtain Fiascos S. 57-78

„… the admittedlysomewhat less important baseball side of the equation. A newly en-throned MLB …” „… long-rangecooperation between the two baseball epicenters. It was the same oldfamiliar song, but only a new set of …” „… rousing success given the Cuban na-tion’s own deep-seated love for baseball. Manfred’s off-the-cuff …”

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

„… be made in the trail of time thatCubans have nothing but.—Ben Corbett, This Is CubaBaseball diplomacy …” „… and baseball détente were both filling the air in thespring of 1999 with the announcement of a …” „… the invitation of Major LeagueCHAPTER 480Baseball and thus against top American big leaguers. The …”

1 The Essence of “Puigmania” S. 1-30

„… ). Skeptics could write it all off as one of baseball’s occasionalinexplicable oddities. One only had to …” „… relegat-ed to the dustbin of baseball’s voluminous historical annals.But what had started with a bang in …” „… Dream.THE ESSENCE OF “PUIGMANIA” 3Yasiel Puig enjoyed one of baseball’s greatest debut months in June 2013 …”

5 Brothers in Exile S. 115-146

„… heavily distorted the picture of baseball talent on the island ofCuba, forestalling any accurate portrait …” „… of the modern-era Cuban Leagueas a legitimate alternative baseball universe.Cuban baseball officials …” „… organized baseball are viewed by Cuban loyalists as selfishlymotivated capitalists driven by dollar profits …”

Epilogue S. 253-272

„… impact of the“Cuban defector story” for both Cuban baseball (the apparent loser) andmajor league baseball …” „… mad rush northward by underprivileged andovertalented Cuban baseball stars now fleeing Castro’s dying …” „… communistcamp? As true patriotic, flag-waving American baseball fans, shouldn’twe all heartily cheer on a …”

9 The Unsustainable Dream S. 233-252

„… , baseball. Many startedmentally packing for the long-fantasized trip before the ink was even dryon the …” „… evening headlines.My own personal email box and public Cuban baseball–oriented Face-book page were …” „… immediately lit up with Cuba travel inquiries. “When canwe see Cuban baseball in the quaint ballparks of …”

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Doug Wedge

Pinnacle on the Mound

2022

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2 Turning It Over—a New Pitch, New Success: Mike McCormick S. 21-36

„… and not-so-good managers.Alvin Dark (Giants): “Dark’s strength was baseball knowledge. Hewas always a …” „… McCormick participated in a lot of baseball history. He made hismajor-league debut in Shibe Park, a field …” „… bigleagues, and, at a coffee shop in Cornelius, North Carolina, in 2014, hereflected on his baseball …”

7 Labels Don’t Apply: Jack McDowell S. 101-122

„… andYankees and the statistics on the back of his baseball card: 6-foot-5. Butin person, I was looking up to …” „… isabout music or baseball or rearing kids or neighborhoods in Charlotte.Although an elite pitcher who had …” „… starter. That’s a ridiculousaccomplishment by [White Sox general manager] Larry Himes. Andyeah, you had to …”

9 Climb the Mountain: R. A. Dickey S. 147-164

„… conversation focusedon the knuckleball and how Dickey fine-tuned baseball’s most unpre-dictable pitch, but we …” „… beginning his 17thR. A. DICKEY 149season of professional baseball, continuing his climb with more …” „… Triple-A Oklahoma RedHawks, and back, when Rang-ers manager Buck Showalter and pitching coach (and 1988 …”

8 Finding 75: Barry Zito S. 123-146

„… 2016, he was in his first yearaway from playing baseball and in his first full-time year of pursuing …” „… anew career in music. He said that now that he was away from baseball,he had more room available on his …” „… crisp green apples at the WellCoffeehouse outside of Nashville and talked about baseball and chal-lenges …”

6 Settled In: Dennis Eckersley S. 87-100

„… baseball experiences to reflect on, but we focused on 1992when he was named the American League’s best …” „… hereached the mound, manager Tony LaRussa handed him the ball, pat-ted him on the ass, and told him to go …” „… , leading theAmerican League in saves in 1988 and becoming in 1990 only thesecond pitcher in baseball …”

Bibliography S. 195-200

„… Young, MVP, Manager Are Neck-and-Neck Races.” USA Today, 2002.Araton, Harvey. Driving Mr. Yogi: Yogi …” „… Berra, Ron Guidry, and Baseball’s Greatest Gift.New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.Assenheimer …” „… . “Quantifying the Cy Young.” RO Baseball. August 20, 2016. Accessed De-cember 7, 2020 …”

5 The Student of Pitching: LaMarr Hoyt S. 71-86

„… baseballs.“I can’t throw the ball,” he said. “I wish I could.”Which reminded him of being invited back to …” „… throwing baseballs, Hoyt found that by positioninghimself in the middle of the rubber, he threw strikes …” „… Richard Dotson, swapping tricks about throwing baseballs.LAMARR HOYT 75“On the nights we were off, Richard …”

1 Impossible Realized: Jim Lonborg S. 1-20

„… about baseball. “I have such a busy life with my dental practiceand my grandkids and my yard and our …” „… travel and life in general,” hesaid. “I’m always moving forward. You don’t see much baseball stuffaround …” „… mound and delivering in Fenway Park. Courtesy of the NationalBaseball Hall of Fame and Museum …”

3 A Different Approach: Randy Jones S. 37-50

„… Dwight Gooden come to mind, firing baseballs withblazing speeds—intimidating and unhittable.But there are …” „… baseball where he wanted it. Mix in changing speeds, drop-ping the 85 down to 70, and adapting to hitters …” „… andturning the ball over all the time anyway, he just kind of got me rollingover on the baseball. I started …”

Conclusion S. 175-190

„… finished in fourth place inCONCLUSION176the National League East. Dickey had a manager he could confide …” „… baseball diamond and apply in the classroomor workplace as effective tools to use generally.ADAPTINGThere …” „… rareopportunities he was allowed to pitch when he first joined the YankeesCONCLUSION 179and was unproven in manager …”

4 A Season for the Ages: Ron Guidry S. 51-70

„… that weren’t already on his walls.We sat down and began talking baseball. He brought up Ray Bou-dreau …” „… . But once he made it to the majors, opportunitieswere few. Yankees manager Billy Martin preferred using …” „… learning, and here youhave an established guy that you’re actually rooming with. Well, youtalk baseball all …”

10 Pitching Aggressively: Corey Kluber S. 165-174

„… dominant that it prompted Cleve-land manager Terry Francona to say, “That’s about as good as you canpitch …” „… relied heavily on his four-seamer as hewon more Cy Young Awards than anyone in baseball history …”

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Max Wimmer - Algorithmusbasierte Entscheidungsfindung als Methode des diskriminierungsfreien Recruitings

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Max Wimmer

Algorithmusbasierte Entscheidungsfindung als Methode des diskriminierungsfreien Recruitings

Series: Studien zum deutschen und europäischen Arbeitsrecht

Volume 102 2022

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Einleitung S. 21-22

„… EinleitungAls Billy Beane 1997 den Posten des General Managers des US-amerikani-schen Baseball …” „… , HR Manager (04.09.2017).Einleitung22 …”

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Stefanie Pietsch, Gudrun Doll-Tepper, Gerald Fritz, Manfred Lämmer - Bildungspotenziale der Olympischen Idee

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Stefanie Pietsch (ed.), Gudrun Doll-Tepper (ed.), Gerald Fritz (ed.), Manfred Lämmer (ed.)

Bildungspotenziale der Olympischen Idee

2021

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Volker Kluge Ein stabiles Olympisches Programm unter ständigem Modernisierungsdruck S. 111-140

„… , bestimmten kurzzeitig die Manager der Weltausstellungen von 1900 und 1904, in deren Rahmen die Spiele …” „… genauso abgelehnt wie von Baseball, Schach, Rollsport, Judo, Volleyball und Tischtennis. Keine dieser …” „… Franken auf 27,354 Millionen zu erhöhen. Von da an 15 Die Sportarten waren Flugsport, Baseball, Boules …”

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Oliver Völker

Langsame Katastrophen

2021

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V. Unterwelten: Don DeLillos geologische Schreibweisen S. 255-290

„… York ein, in dem das Endspiel der amerikanischen National League im Baseball zwischen den New York …” „… weite Teile rückwärts erzählt ist. Nachdem der Prolog mit dem Endspiel der Baseball National League …” „… Baseballs aus dem Spiel zwischen den Dodgers und den Giants, »Thomsoms homer« (UW 94), den Nick Shay nach …”

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