Full Count
Inside Cuban Baseball
Will be published approx. on 1. October 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-8093-2472-9 (ISBN)
Description
A history of Cuban baseball from Milton H. Jamail. Part travelogue, part investigative report, the account examines the sport, its history, and the people who play it.
Reviews / Votes
"A definitive and loving account of baseball, its history, and the people who play it."-Rod Beaton,USA Today"Milton Jamail's Full Count: Inside Cuban Baseball, the product of years of research and firsthand reporting, is easily the most exhaustive and detailed look at contemporary Cuban baseball. That isn't surprising, since Jamail is arguably our country's leading expert on the topic."-Baseball America
"Nobody understands Cuba's passion for beisbol better than Milton Jamail. Part travelogue, part investigative report, Full Count covers all the bases."-Tim Wendel, author of Castro's Curveball and contributing writer for USA Today Baseball Weekly
"Jamail's book is all about baseball and all about the remarkable passion the game arouses in Cuba . . . offering a complete and, at times, devastating picture of the life of a Cuban baseball player."-Business Week
"Jamail is that rare combination of passionate fan and studious scholar. His book draws on both rich historical sources and the "radio bemba," the street gossip, to make it a scintillating, informative read."-Nine: A Journal of Baseball History & Culture
"The story of Cuban baseball is both fascinating and important, and no one could tell it better than Milton Jamail. He is a complete professional with absolute integrity."-Omar Minaya, Assistant General Manager, New York Mets
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Carbondale
United States
Illustrations
23
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 143 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8093-2472-9 (9780809324729)
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Persons
Milton H. Jamail, a regular contributor to Baseball America and USA Today Baseball Weekly since 1991, has published articles on Latin American baseball in the Washington Post, Texas Monthly, Hispanic, Vista, and the Houston Chronicle. Traveling frequently throughout the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central America, Jamail has interviewed professional baseball players from Latin America and front office personnel from each of the thirty major league teams concerning the recruitment of players from Latin America. He is also a lecturer in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin.