Stealing lives : the globalization of baseball and the tragic story of Alexis Quiroz /

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While some Latin American superstars have overcome a history of discrimination to strike gold in baseball's big leagues, there are thousands more who never make it to 'The Show'. Stealing Lives focuses on the plight of one Venezuelan teenager and documents the abuses that take place a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Marcano Guevara, Arturo J., 1968-
Other Authors: Fidler, David P.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2002.
Subjects:
Quiroz, Alexis.
Quiroz, Alexis
Major League Baseball (Organization) > Corrupt practices.
Major League Baseball (Organization)
Baseball players > Recruiting > Latin America.
Baseball players > Abuse of > Latin America.
Discrimination in sports > United States.
Joueurs de base-ball > Recrutement > Amérique latine.
Joueurs de base-ball > Violence envers > Amérique latine.
Discrimination dans les sports > États-Unis.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > Essays & Writings.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > Statistics.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > History.
Baseball players > Abuse of
Corruption
Discrimination in sports
Baseball
Diskriminierung
Major League
Latin America
United States
Lateinamerikaner.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Building the global ballpark. The "golden age" of Latin American baseball talent in major league baseball
  • The globalization of baseball
  • The structure and dynamics of major league baseball's recruitment of foreign baseball talent
  • pt. 2. Exploitation and mistreatment in the global ballpark: the tragic story of Alexis Quiroz. "Papá, I want to play baseball!"
  • Going to Vietnam
  • In baseball purgatory
  • The Mesa miracle
  • The Dominican disaster
  • "That's just your story"
  • The pursuit of justice goes terribly wrong
  • Seventh-inning stretch: Chicago, New York, Maracay
  • The final inning
  • pt. 3. Repairing the global ballpark. Human rights, labor standards, and major league baseball's exploitation of children in Latin America
  • Global ballpark repair strategies.

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