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Latino Stars in Major League Baseball

Jonathan Weeks

2017

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4 Cuba S. 159-202

„… signing with Major LeagueBaseball teams. But the allure of money and freedom is a powerfulmotive for many …” „… charity golf tournaments as a member of the Major League Base-ball Players Alumni Association.Jose …” „… year, he allegedly accepted a cash gift from a scout with ties toMajor League Baseball. He was …”

Preface S. i-xvi

„… Cataloging-in-Publication DataNames: Weeks, Jonathan, author.Title: Latino stars in major league baseball : from Bobby Abreu …” „… baseball history, signifying the “arrival” of Latin Americans as alegitimate force in Major League …” „… LATINO STARS INMAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALLLATINO STARS INMAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALLFrom Bobby Abreuto Carlos …”

6 Mexico S. 225-238

„… expanded dramatically with the inclusion of NegroLeague and Major League Baseball stars. In 1946 …” „… Mexican-bornplayer to reach the majors. Dozens of others would follow. The numberof Mexican League teams grew to 20 …” „… natives have beeninvolved in major-league action. The best and brightest are on the pagesthat follow.MAJOR …”

3 Venezuela S. 117-158

„… Abreu during batting practice. In 2004, the slugger received Ma-jor League Baseball’s Roberto Clemente …” „… ” sport.In 1912, entrepreneur William H. Phelps opened a baseball shop inMaracaibo. He later formed a league …” „… won seven Caribbean Series titles.Recognizing the depth of the talent pool, major-league teams …”

5 Panama S. 203-224

„… eliminated in the qualifying round for the 2017 World BaseballClassic.Panama’s legacy in Major League …” „… Baseball has been rich and di-verse. The following luminaries represent the cream of the crop.MAJOR STARS …” „… any of his countrymen. And only six players in major-league historyhave hit more grand slams.Lee grew …”

2 Puerto Rico S. 75-116

„… Roberto Clemente’s Sports City complex. Laterstill, he made international trips for Major League Baseball …” „… (formerlyknown as the Puerto Rico Baseball League) is the top professionalcircuit on the island. Champions …” „… homered in his first major-league game and went on tocapture Rookie of the Year honors. He also finished …”

1 The Dominican Republic S. 1-74

„… more than 30 farm teams with ties to Major League Base-ball franchises, has been a bountiful source of …” „… , and, as a result,the new league collapsed at season’s end. Professional baseball re-mained dormant in …” „… partially of major leaguers, com-petes in the Pan American Games, the World Cup, and the WorldBaseball …”

7 Colombia S. 239-246

„… arrived. His baseball career wasCHAPTER 7240somewhat unremarkable, spanning one major-league season and …” „… Major League Baseball’s drug policy, he was signed by theYankees and subsequently released in 2011 …” „… games.The Colombian Professional Baseball League was established in1948, and currently has six teams. The …”

9 Curacao S. 251-256

„… team won a Little League World Series in 2004. By 2014,seven Curacaoans were in the majors. The most …” „… nondrafted free agentin 1993, he was later named Minor League Player of the Year by Base-ball America. Called …” „… had never been a hotbed for major-league talent, and Andruw re-ceived only modest attention from …”

8 Nicaragua S. 247-250

„… major-league careerat the age of 22 and pitched until he was in his mid-40s. He made fourAll-Star appearances …” „… American Games. He also pilotedthe national squad in the 2011 World Cup and 2013 World BaseballClassic …” „… 2478NICARAGUAORIGINS OF BASEBALL IN NICARAGUALocated in Central America between Costa Rica and …”

10 Honduras S. 257-260

„… Hondu-ran-born players have been scouted by major-league clubs, and at thetime of this writing, only two have …” „… , Mariners, and Cardinals beforefalling from the major-league ranks for good in 1994. The Cardinalswere the …” „… independent Northern and Atlan-tic leagues through the 2000 slate.Young’s Baseball-Reference page speculates …”

11 Brazil S. 261-264

„… film Major League—concluded with Gomes slicing astore-bought chicken. He sustained a separated shoulder …” „… BaseballClassic.Soccer is Brazil’s most popular sport, and that is not likely to changeanytime soon. More than 2 million …” „… 26111BRAZILORIGINS OF BASEBALL IN BRAZILBrazil is relatively new to the baseball scene, having sent …”

Index S. 273-282

„… Colombian Professional Baseball League,240Colon, Bartolo, Bio, 61–62Collins, Joe, 99Collins, Terry (manager …” „… Major League (Movie), 262Manuel, Jerry, 135Mantle, Mickey, 110, 209, 252Marichal, Juan, xiii, 4; Bio …” „… , Andy, 258Venezuelan National Team, 117, 150Venezuelan Professional Baseball League,118, 126Venezuelan …”

Bibliography S. 265-272

„… . The Encyclopedia of Negro League Baseball. New York: Checkmark Books,2003.Luciano, Mike. “Julio …” „… Gushes Talent: Curacao Unlikely Supplier of MajorLeague Players.” New York Times, December 14, 2014 …” „… , http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/15/sports/curacao-becomes-unlikely-supplier-of-major-league-players.html?_r=0 (re-trieved …”

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50 Moments That Defined Major League Baseball

Rocco Constantino

2016

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Chapter 1. Noteworthy Debuts, Pioneers, and Baseball Firsts S. 7-26

„… Jays joined the Ameri-can League in another expansion move by Major League Baseball. In 1969, the Expos …” „… participation during Major League Baseball’s All-Star weekend: “We have software that can take someone’s swing …” „… . Torre, who was working as executive vice presi-dent for baseball operations for Major League Baseball in …”

Preface S. i-xii

„… -Constantino.indb 2 3/31/16 6:34 AM50 Moments That Defined Major League BaseballRocco ConstantinoROWMAN …” „… / Rocco Constantino.Other titles: Fifty moments that defined major league baseballDescription: Lanham …” „… 9781442260559 (electronic)Subjects: LCSH: Baseball--United States--History. | Major League Baseball …”

Chapter 12. Baseball Odds and Ends S. 185-202

„… II.Major League Baseball had to scramble to keep afloat during the World War II era. Many of the top …” „… wreaked such havoc on Major League Baseball that it brought the rest of the league down to their …” „… Texas and signed him to their roster in 1944. He went 13–9 after being away from Major League Baseball …”

Introduction S. 1-6

„… , and achievements that shaped the history of Major League Baseball. From historic moments like Hank …” „… League Baseball uses input from former major-league players from the past seven decades to elaborate on …” „… was ready to get his career going again. The only problem was that the Major League Base-ball players …”

Chapter 6. Passing Down Tradition and Influencing the Pros S. 99-L

„… and 104 RBIs that year. Ruth also played in the inaugural Major League Baseball All-Star Game in 1933 …” „… previously, Stengel was out of Major League Baseball for six years, managing in the American Association and …” „… Jackson, and Joe Torre.Photo by Arturo PardavilaThe 2015 Major League Baseball Hall of Fame Class pose for …”

Chapter 11. The New Millennium S. 169-184

„… players.The globalization of Major League Baseball has led to unprecedented tal-ent levels, as teams are truly …” „… at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan.“Major League Baseball did everything they could to help the …” „… Major League Baseball. The money just wasn’t there. The taxes are incredibly high, and the economy in …”

Chapter 10. Hall of Famers’ Last Hurrahs S. 155-168

„… Major League Baseball’s All-Century Team.Despite those lofty accolades and his 1938 induction at …” „… a 21-year-old rookie with no major-league at-bats into left field. Although that sounds like a …” „… manned left field for the next two decades and went on to one of the great careers in major-league …”

Chapter 3. Masterful on the Mound S. 43-62

„… pitchers in Major League Baseball history. It just took them about a decade to realize it.DAVE STIEB: NO …” „… on August 27, 1955, when they saw a 19-year-old lefty named Sandy Koufax earn his first major-league …” „… high value of the contract, the Dodgers would have no choice but to put the lefty on the major-league …”

Chapter 2. Magic Numbers S. 27-42

„… 10 outfielders named to Major League Baseball’s All-Century Team in 1999.Pete Rose is a polarizing …” „… became the 11th player in Major League Baseball history to record his 3,000th career hit. Three months …” „… December of that year, knowing full well what Gehrig’s future held, Major League Baseball waived the …”

Chapter 5. Tragedy, Trials, and Tribulations S. 81-98

„… , in-cluding Ty Cobb, called for the expulsion of Mays from Major League Base-ball. Cobb and Mays had a …” „… game on July 3, 1980, in J. R. Richard’s last win as a Major League Baseball player.THURMAN MUNSON AND …” „… with the dream of playing Major League Baseball, only a small fraction ever realize the chance to one …”

Chapter 4. Incredible Feats and Unbreakable Records S. 63-80

„… and finish the “no-hitter.” Through the first half century of Major League Baseball, the “Double …” „… Barrett, who has umpired 20 seasons in Major League Baseball through 2015. “The catcher would then a move …” „… games are played in a major-league season, which means 4,860 pitchers take the mound as starters …”

Chapter 7. The Immortals S. 107-122

„… legends of Major League Baseball from the 1910s are just about bigger than the game itself. Players like …” „… Jackie Robinson and the obstacles he faced when he became Major League Baseball’s first black player on …” „… Major League Baseball. In the AL, the Yankees and Red Sox were the top squads all year, while in the NL …”

Chapter 13. Extra Innings S. 203-212

„… Slaught, who caught more than 1,300 major-league games, on his first camp as a big leaguerBaseball isn’t …” „… All-American quarterback, and when I was done I had three NFL teams and five major-league teams interested in …” „… his playing careerMy first major-league hit came in a really interesting game. In 2000, I was playing …”

Chapter 8. Baseball’s Weird, Wild, and Colorful Characters S. 123-144

„… making their way into Major League Baseball. During the 1976 season, the man who caused the biggest stir …” „… . On April 19, 1962, Uecker got his first start as a major-league ballplayer when he was in the lineup …” „… . Belvedere, and was announcer Harry Doyle in the Major League movie franchise. His accomplish-ments outside …”

Chapter 9. Historic Home Runs S. 145-154

„… years apart, reached heights that no other Major League Baseball player had ever achieved. For those …” „… playing in his final major-league 15_907-Constantino.indb 149 3/31/16 6:34 AM150 Chapter 9season …” „… give the Giants a quick 3–0 lead. It was homer number 511 of his legendary major-league career.In the …”

Bibliography S. 213-216

„… Out of Town 30 Years Ago.” Daily News, June 17, 2007.“Major League Baseball’s First All-Star Game Is …” „… , www.history.com/this-day-in-history/major-league-baseballs-first-all-star-game-is -held. Accessed October 12, 2012.Martin, Jorge. “25 Years after Fernandomania.” Dodger Magazine …” „… : Pete Reiser.” Daily News, September 16, 2003.“Home.” Baseball Hall of Fame, http://baseballhall …”

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Competitive Balance als Rechtfertigung von Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen im Sport

Konrad Schäfer

Series: Schriften zum Sportrecht

Volume 68 2024

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Literaturverzeichnis S. 335-367

„… Major League Baseball and English Soccer,Journal of Sports Economics 2002, 149–168.Haltern, Ulrich R …” „… Demand for Major League Base‐ball: A Test of the Uncertainty of Outcome Hypothesis, The American …” „… versus pennant races: competi‐tive balance in major league baseball, Managerial and Decision Economics …”

Kapitel 3 US-amerikanisches Kartellrecht im Überblick S. 137-174

„… be‐treffend die Arbeitsverhältnisse von Spielern der Major League Baseball im764 Court of Appeals, Third …” „… vor nun schon über 100 Jahren. In der Entscheidung Federal BaseballClub v. National League urteilte er …” „… In der Entscheidungspraxis wurde die Single Entity Defense erstmals imFall Fraser v. Major League …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 1-16

„… . lateinischLG Landgerichtlit. litteraMio. Millionenml MilliliterMLB Major League BaseballMLS Major League …” „… SportligaIV. 284Auf- und Abstieg1. 284Verkleinerung der Teilnehmerzahl2. 286Europäische Super League3. 287 …” „… LeagueCORF cutting off reflected failuredass. dasselbeders. derselbed.h. das heißt11DFB Deutscher …”

Kapitel 2 Competitive Balance in der Sportökonomie S. 31-136

„… Optimal Production Network Externality in Major LeagueBaseball.Kapitel 2 Competitive Balance in der …” „… Arbeitsmarktes für Baseballspieler,wobei er die Prämisse, dass eine mehr oder weniger gleiche Verteilung …” „… sogenannten „League Standing Effect“, dem Nutzen, der im Ligasportaus dem Kampf um die oberen Tabellenplätze …”

Kapitel 1 Einleitung S. 17-30

„… der amerikanischen Major Leagues,bestehend aus der NFL, der Major League Baseball (MLB), der …” „… wurde die Major League Soccer (MLS) nicht berücksichtigt.B. Wirtschaftliche und gesellschaftliche …” „… der Champions League gemäß Artikel 93 derUEFA Club Licensing and Financial Sustainability Regulations …”

Kapitel 4 Competitive Balance und EU-Kartellrecht S. 175-278

„… .2-37/398, ABl. L 291/25 Fn. 54 – UEFA ChampionsLeague.847 EuG, Urteil vom 16. Dezember 2020 – T-93/18 …” „… Champions League.867 Vgl. Heermann, Verbandsautonomie im Sport S. 314 f., wonach Verbandspolitikenohne …” „… ChampionsLeague; Cukurov, Kartellrechtliche Zulässigkeit von Superligen im Fußball, S. 158;Haug, SpoPrax 2021, 138 …”

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Insolvenz- und Lösungsklauseln im professionellen Mannschaftssport

Niklas Korff

Series: Nomos Universitätsschriften - Recht

Volume 776 2012

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Organisation der Major Leagues S. 27-38

„… treten der jeweils als non- profit association organisierten Major League bei und unterwerfen sich dabei …” „… commissioner ein. (a) Die Mitgliederversammlung Jede Major League hat ein Gremium gebildet, das die jeweilige …” „… gleiches Stimmrecht haben. Die Mitgliederversammlung ist das mächtigste Organ einer jeden Major League, da …”

Entstehung der Major Leagues S. 24-27

„… Major Leagues, in denen der professionelle amerikanische Mannschaftssport in den Sportarten Baseball …” „… der Zeit entstanden so die heute bestehenden Major Leagues in den Sportarten Baseball, Eishockey …” „… League Baseball (MLB), die aus der National League (NL, gegründet 1876) und der American League (AL …”

Beidseitig nicht erfüllte Verträge in der Insolvenz eines Sportklubs unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Insolvenzklauseln in den Constitutions and Bylaws der U.S. amerikanischen Major Leagues S. 101-118

„… property rights of a Major League Club hereunder and under any other Baseball-related agreement may be …” „… Folgenden dargestellt. (1) Darstellung der Insolvenzklauseln (a) Baseball Die Major League Baseball hat in …” „… protect the best interests of the Club, its great fans and all of Major League Baseball. My office will …”

Zusammenfassung S. 38

„… partnership strukturiert sind, erkennen durch die Mitgliedschaft in einer Major League deren Constitution und …” „… 38 Sox (Boston Red Sox Baseball Club, L.P.), Cleveland Indians (Cleveland Indians Baseball Co. L.P …” „… .). 4. Zusammenfassung Durch die historische Entwicklung der U.S.- amerikanischen Major Leagues haben …”

Thematische Einführung S. 15-19

„… ) und die Major League Baseball (MLB) zusammengefasst.1 Der ursprüngliche Gedanke der Bildung von …” „… Parteien. 1 Zum Teil wird auch noch die Major League Soccer (MLS) zu den vier genannten Major Leagues …” „… Begriff der Major League lediglich die vier im Text genannten Ligen umfasst. 2 Beispielsweise bezeichnet …”

Einleitung S. 23-24

„… die geschichtliche Entwicklung der Major Leagues bis zum heutigen Tag kurz skizziert, um anschließend …” „… . Einleitung In den USA sind der in Sportligen organisierte amateurmäßig betriebene und der in den Major …” „… und später an den Colleges und Universitäten statt, die keine Verzahnung mit den Major Leagues, in …”

Anhang S. 207-226

„… constitutes an agreement among the Major League Baseball Clubs, each of which shall be entitled to the …” „… city or borough. (…) Anhang 18: Auszug MLB Constitution Art. I: This Major League Constitution …” „… of three-fours of the Major League Clubs shall be required for the approval of any of the following …”

Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 7-14

„… ) Basketball 108 (2) Zusammenfassung 109 d) Beendigung der Mitgliedschaft in der Major League durch …” „… . Entstehung der Major Leagues 24 a) Barnstorming 25 b) Die heute bestehenden U.S.- amerikanischen Major …” „… Leagues 26 3. Organisation der Major Leagues 27 a) Rechtsform der Major Leagues 27 b) Rechtsbeziehungen …”

Strukturen im deutschen Ligasport S. 38-59

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Integrität und Compliance im Sport | Internationale Bezüge des Sports und des Sportrechts | Schiedsrichter im Recht

Württembergischer Fußballverband e. V. (ed.)

Series: Schriften zum Sportrecht

Volume 51 2020

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Peter W. Heermann Fußball-Bundesliga und U.S.-amerikanische Major Leagues – Ein Vergleich aus kartellrechtlicher Perspektive S. 97-132

„… U.S.-amerikanischen Sportligen, den sog. Major Leagues (Major League Baseball = MLB; Na‐ tional Football League = NFL …” „… jeweiligen Major League er‐ zielen, so dass deren Bemühungen um eine competitive balance nicht von den …” „… . 1. 58 Federal Baseball Club of Baltimore v. National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, 259 U.S …”

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