Baseball Beyond Borders
Subtitle: From Distant Lands to the Major Leagues
Publisher: Scarecrow Press, Incorporated
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780810892453
Subjects: Baseball players; Immigrants, united states; Minorities, united states
Description: not only examines the careers of foreign-born and Puerto Rican baseball players, but also goes beyond the players to look at managers, executives, coaches, and officials of Major League Baseball, as well. This book explores the impact and performances of these individuals on MLB and the minor leagues, and their contributions to the expansion and popularity of American baseball in the U.S. and around the world. Baseball beyond Borders offers a historical perspective of when, why, and how emigrants came to play professional baseball in the U.S. and also provides background information on baseball in foreign countries, baseball leagues outside the U.S., and the academies run by MLB on foreign soil.