The Tropic of Baseball
Baseball in the Dominican Republic
2nd Edition
Published on 1. February 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
217 pages
978-0-8032-8978-9 (ISBN)
Description
In a new afterword Rob Ruck looks at the current state of baseball in the country that has produced Sammy Sosa and many other major league stars.
Reviews / Votes
"In the Dominican Republic . . . baseball reigns supreme. San Pedro de Macoris, on the island's southeast coast, has produced more major league ballplayers per capita than any other town in the world. According to former big leaguer Pedro Gonzalez, 'Every boy grows up with a bat and a ball-it's the first present a male baby gets in his crib.' . . . Ruck offers not only the flavor of Dominican baseball but a spirited and carefully crafted account of the past and present of this complicated game. . . . A rarity in sports history."-Journal of American History "Fans should want to know why such a little Caribbean island has so much baseball talent. . . . On this literally dirt-poor island, baseball is the Dream, the Salvation, the stabilizing societal force. . . . Baseball is all there is."-Baseball America "Impressive . . . captures the spirit of the sport as it is played in the Dominican Republic."-Journal of Sport HistoryMore details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Nebraska
United States
Publishing group
University of Nebraska Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illus., maps
Dimensions
Height: 227 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
327 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8032-8978-9 (9780803289789)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Rob Ruck
The Tropic of Baseball
Book
03/1993
Carroll & Graf Publishers Inc
€32.37
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Person
Rob Ruck teaches history at the University of Pittsburgh and is the author of Sandlot Seasons: Sport in Black Pittsburgh and other books. He was project director for the film Kings on the Hill, an Emmy-winning documentary on Negro League baseball.