Venezuelan bust, baseball boom
Subtitle: Andrés Reiner and scouting on the new frontier
By: Milton H. Jamail.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9780803215719
Subjects: Reiner, Andrés, -- 1935-; Houston Astros (Baseball team); Baseball -- Scouting -- Texas -- Houston; Baseball -- Scouting -- Venezuela
Notes: "A Bison original"--P. 4 of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-257).
Table of contents: title: Venezuelan bust, baseball boom : Mr. Reiner's dream; title: It's their game too : the origins of baseball in Venezuela; title: The Astros go south : scouting in Latin America; title: From zero to prospect : the Astros' academy; title: From Tunapuy to Guacara : the search for the new El Dorado; title: On the road to El Dorado : scouting on the frontier of baseball; title: A dream come true : ten years at the academy; title: Maracuchos y gochos : scouting in Maracaibo and the Andes; title: The talent search expands : scouting in Colombia, Nicaragua, Panama, and beyond; title: Refining the product : the Venezuelan summer league; title: Foreigners at their own game : welcome to the Astros' minor league system; title: What happened? where did the prospects go?; title: Good-bye to the Astros : Andrés's farewell tour; title: Andrés's dream and the future of the Astros in Venezuela; title: Epilogue.