Baseball is increasingly popular throughout the world, as evidenced by the many talented players (such as Ichiro Suzuki, Miguel Cabrera, Albert Pujols, and Hideki Matsui) coming to the Major Leagues from around the globe. The influx of such players is testament to the many high-quality professional and amateur leagues that thrive throughout the world. In this reference book―the first of its kind― narrative chapters trace the history of baseball in Australia, Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Japan, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, and throughout the rest of the world. Bjarkman profiles the teams and leading players from each country. He also covers the history of tournament play throughout the world, including Olympic baseball. This volume provides an invaluable and unprecedented source on the growth of America's national pastime into a global phenomenon that one day might feature a true World Series. Backmatter includes a chronology of important events, an annotated bibliography, and contact information for official baseball federations throughout the world.

Diamonds around the Globe: The Encyclopedia of International Baseball

Politics & Social Sciences

Bjarkman, Peter C.

Social Sciences

Greenwood

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Baseball & the Game of Life

Vintage

Major League Baseball's 2006 World Baseball Classic shocked an international audience when an amateur team from Cuba met Japan in San Diego for the sport's first true world championship. But those who had paid attention to international tournaments were hardly surprised by Cuba's showing against all-star teams of American, Puerto Rican, Dominican, and Venezuelan professionals. Cuban national teams have now reached the finals of 38 consecutive major world tournaments, won better than 90 percent of their international contests since 1939, repeatedly beaten U.S. all-stars at the avowed American national game, and reigned for more than half a century as undisputed champions of global baseball. In this groundbreaking book, expert Peter Bjarkman follows the full arc of Cuban baseball history, including close coverage of the nearly five decades since the Sugar Kings' ejection from the International League. Dispelling the mystery and disinformation that surround Cuba, its leader, and its teams, early and late, Bjarkman gives us the first truly balanced history of baseball on the Caribbean island.

A History of Cuban Baseball, 1864-2006

History

Americas

McFarland Publishing

Winner, SABR's Robert Peterson Award for increasing public awareness of Negro League baseball 
 When Cuba met Japan in the finals of Major League Baseball's 2006 World Baseball Classic (WBC), many among the international audience were shocked that a purported "amateur" team could challenge for the sport's first true world championship. But those who had paid attention to international tournaments were hardly surprised by Cuba's strong showing against all-star teams of Puerto Rican, Dominican, Venezuelan, and U.S. major leaguers. The undisputed champions of global baseball, Cuba had reigned supreme for better than a half-century at the avowed American national game. 
 In this groundbreaking volume, Peter Bjarkman traces the full arc of island baseball history, from the pioneering era of integrated play in the winter leagues, across the many triumphs of the post-revolution decades, and up through Cuba's initial WBC triumphs.

McFarland

Providing a comprehensive history of all past and present NBA teams, a leading basketball historian focuses on franchise histories, brings hometown teams to life, and includes a survey of the careers of the twelve greatest players in NBA history.

The Encyclopedia of Pro-Basketball Team Histories

Reference

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Carroll & Graf Pub.

A biography of the baseball player who hit over 500 homeruns in his nineteen seasons with the Chicago Cubs.

Ernie Banks (Baseball Legends)

Weaver, Earl

Biographies & Memoirs

Chelsea House Pub

A biography of the baseball superstar from Puerto Rico who, before his untimely death in a 1972 airplane crash, was noted for his achievements on and off the baseball field

Roberto Clemente (Baseball Legends)

The life story of Warren Spahn tells how his strong left arm and bulldog determination enabled him to post more career wins than any other southpaw to play the game.

Warren Spahn (Baseball Legends)

Children's Books

A biography of the baseball player who hit over 500 homeruns in his nineteen seasons with the Chicago Cubs.

Ernie Banks (Baseball legends)

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Roberto Clemente (Baseball legends)

Chelsea House

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Diamonds around the Globe: The Encyclopedia of International Baseball

Baseball & the Game of Life

A History of Cuban Baseball, 1864-2006

A History of Cuban Baseball, 1864-2006

The Encyclopedia of Pro-Basketball Team Histories

Ernie Banks (Baseball Legends)

Roberto Clemente (Baseball Legends)

Warren Spahn (Baseball Legends)

Ernie Banks (Baseball legends)

Roberto Clemente (Baseball legends)