Title: The rise of the Latin American baseball leagues, 1947-1961 : Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela /
Authors: Hernández, Lou, 1958-
Publisher: McFarland & Co.,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Baseball Latin America History.; Baseball United States History.
Abstract: "This history of Latin American baseball during the 1940s and 1950s provides an in-depth, year-by-year chronicle of leagues in the primary baseball-playing areas in the region: Mexico, the Caribbean, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Panama. The success of these leagues ushered in a new era of contract concessions from owners"--Provided by publisher.