Speak English! The Rise of Latinos in Baseball
Language: English
Published by Kent State Univ Pr, 2013
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- Title
- Speak English! The Rise of Latinos in Baseball
- Author
- Hermoso, Rafael/ Rivera, Rita (Photographer)
- Publisher
- Kent State Univ Pr
- Publication year
- 2013
- Condition
- Brand New
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1606351672
- ISBN 13
- 9781606351673
- Item weight
- 0.46 kilograms
Speak English! The Rise of Latinos in Baseball chronicles how much and how little has changed since the first Latino played in the big leagues in the nineteenth century. By the middle of the next century, the Alous, Vic Power, and Rico Carty worked to earn their place in the game amid taunts and ridicule. Today, even established players and stars may be told to speak English in clubhouses eliciting cringes or shrugs from individuals who are seemingly still hurting.
Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig offers a foreword full of nostalgia and pride. The afterword by Omar Minaya describes his experience playing ball in Queens and being the first Hispanic general manager in baseball. Speak English! selects the stories of 45 players to illustrate the collective history of Latinos in baseball and is illustrated with photographic portraits of many of them.
Today, more than a quarter of all major leaguers are Latino, and most began as outsiders. Globalisation unearthed baseball in San Pedro de Macoris, Caguas, and Maracay. American teams looked abroad for talent and cheap wages, carving baseball diamonds out of sugarcane fields. Players in their teens left their families. Those from Cuba knew they were possibly leaving for the rest of their lives, just for the chance to play in a country still struggling with diversity in the 1950s and 1960s.
Yet many Latino players still speak as if not much has changed. Far from perfect, their no-rules journey to professional contracts has increased the risk of taking improper shortcuts. Several players were implicated recently in the use of steroids and performance-enhancing drugs. Others admitted to shaving years off their ages, allowing them to compete with an advantage against younger players.
The great Latino story is also one of glory, as some of the best players in major league history tell of their hard voyage to baseball s mainland. The tale is likewise one of realists, and readers will not find anything in these stories that does not exist in other walks of life. The story is not clean, but it is compelling. Like baseball, there’s enough to love in it to keep coming back to it as generations learn from the ups and downs of the Latino role in baseball and its rightful place in history.
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About the Author
Rita Rivera is a photo editor and a photographer. Rivera's photographs are widely exhibited and are in the permanent collections of The New York Public Library and El Museo del Barrio, among others.
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