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

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Autor Principal: Marcano Guevara, Arturo J., 1968-
Autor Corporativo: ebrary, Inc
Outros autores: Fidler, David P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2002.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • 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
  • Repairing the global ballpark
  • Human rights, labor standards, and major league baseball's exploitation of children in Latin America
  • Global ballpark repair strategies.