The rise of the Latin American baseball leagues, 1947-1961
Subtitle: Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela
By: Lou Hernández
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9780786463848
Subjects: Baseball; History
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.