Martínez, Samuel.
Peripheral Migrants: Haitians and Dominican Republic Sugar Plantations.
Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1995.
Murphy, Martin F.
Dominican Sugar Plantations: Production and Foreign Labor Integration.
New York: Praeger, 1991.
Plant, Roger.
Sugar and Modern Slavery: A Tale of Two Countries.
London: Zed Books, 1987.
BASEBALL HISTORY
Alou, Felipe, with Herm Weiskopf.
My Life and Baseball.
Waco, TX: Word Books, 1967.
Bell, George, and Bob Elliott.
Hardball.
Toronto: Key Porter, 1990.
Bjarkman, Peter C.
Baseball with a Latin Beat.
Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1994.
Bretón, Marcos, and José Luis Villegas.
Away Games: The Life and Times of a Latin Ball Player.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999.
Collado, Lipe.
Yo, Rico Carty.
Santo Domingo: Collado, 2002.
Fernández Reguero, Victor.
Tetelo (Su Vida).
San Pedro de Macorís (no publisher noted, no date).
González Echevarría, Roberto.
The Pride of Havana: A History of Cuban Baseball.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Hample, Zack.
Watching Baseball Smarter: A Professional Fan’s Guide for Beginners, Semi-Experts, and Deeply Serious Geeks.
New York: Vintage Books, 2007.
Jamail, Milton H.
Full Count: Inside Cuban Baseball.
Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2000.
Joyce, Gare.
The Only Ticket off the Island: Baseball in the Dominican Republic.
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1991.
Klein, Alan M.
Growing the Game: The Globalization of Major League Baseball.
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2006.
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Sugarball: The American Game, the Dominican Dream.
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1991.
Koppett, Leonard.
The Thinking Fan’s Guide to Baseball.
Wilmington, DE: Sport Media Publishing, 2004.
Krich, John.
El Béisbol: Travels Through the Pan-American Pastime.
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1989.
Levine, Peter.
A. G. Spalding and the Rise of Baseball: The Promise of American Sport.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1985.
Monk, Cody.
The Dominican Dream Come True: Alfonso Soriano.
Champaign, IL: Sports Publishing, 2003.
Paige, Leroy (Satchel), as told to David Lipman.
Maybe I’ll Pitch Forever.
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1993.
Pérez Guante, Carlos.
Macorisanos al Bate: Macorisanos at Bat.
Santo Domingo: Graphic Colonial, 2007.
Ruck, Rob.
The Tropic of Baseball: Baseball in the Dominican Republic.
Westport, CT: Meckler, 1991.
Sosa, Sammy, with Marcos Bretón.
Sosa: An Autobiography.
New York: Warner Books, 2000.
Veeck, Bill, with Ed Linn.
Veeck as in Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck
. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1962.
Wendel, Tim.
The New Face of Baseball.
New York: Rayo, 2004.
WEB SITES
INDEX
Aaron, Hank
Abreu, Abner
Abreu, Enrique
Abreu, Esdra
Abreu, Gabriel
Abreu, Senovia
academies
academy system
Atlanta Braves
Baseball Towers facilities
California Angels
José Canó Baseball Academy
Chicago Cubs
forerunner of
Hiroshima Carp Baseball Academy
multiteam facilities
Acevedo, Quiqui
Acosta, José
Acta, Manny
Adair, Robert K.
African-Americans
declining numbers in major leagues
early major leaguers
first all-black outfield
first tryouts for
Garvey movement
harassment of
Negro League
segregation of
Águilas Cibaeñas
in Dominican League
founding of
in 2008 playoff
Aguirre, Gary
Alcalá, Santo
Alcantara, Ervin
Alexander, Manny
Aloma, Ignacio and Ubaldo
Alomar, Roberto and Sandy
Alou, Felipe
Alou, Matty
Amechazurra, Juan Antonio
America.
See
United States
Amorós, Sandy
Anacaona
Andújar, Cristófar
Andújar, Joaquín
abandonment of San Pedro
erratic behavior and drug use
major-league career
testimony in Rosa sex scandal
wealth and status symbols
Angelina mill
Angels, California
Anson, Cap
Aramboles, Ricardo
Arizona Diamondbacks
Arredondo, José
Astin Field
Astros, Houston
Athletics, Kansas City
Athletics, Oakland
Atlanta Braves
academy in San Pedro
Betemit, Wilson
Canó, José
González, Pedro
Olivo, Chi-Chi
Paulino, Dario
Rogers, Danilo
Rymer, Carlos
Avila, Rafael
Aybar, José E.
Azucareros del Este
bachata
music
Báez, Buenaventura
Báez, Mauricio
Balaguer, Joaquín
Baltimore Orioles
Barceló, Lorenzo
Barceló family
baseball fundamentals
batting averages
curveballs
fastballs and changeups
home runs and stolen bases
rules and equipment
shortstops
switch-hitters
Batey Experimental
Batista, Apollinaire
Batista, Rafael
Bell, James “Cool Papa,”
Bell, George
in America
on Andújar’s honesty
on ballplayers’ lack of education
childhood
Hard Ball
investment in academies
major-league career
mansion
in retirement years
self-confidence
tantrums and confrontations
university training
Bell, Juan “Tito,”
Bellán, Esteban
Beltré, Adrián
Beltré, Esteban
Benítez, Armando
Bernhardt, Juan Ramón
Berry, Ken
Betancourt, Rómulo
Betemit, Wilson
Bithorn, Hiram
Bjarkman, Peter
Blakely, Gordon
Blue Jays, Toronto
Bolívar, Simón
Bonds, Barry
Borbón, Pedro
Bosch, Juan
Boston Red Sox
Alexander, Manny
as all-white team
curse of the Bambino
signing-bonus payment
Tartabull, José
Williams, Ted
Braves, Atlanta
academy in San Pedro
Betemit, Wilson
Canó, José
González, Pedro
Olivo, Chi-Chi
Paulino, Dario
Rogers, Danilo
Rymer, Carlos
Braves, Milwaukee
Brea, Lesli
Brooklyn Dodgers
Brown, Willard
Browns, St. Louis
Cabassa, Carlos
Cabrera, Daniel
California Angels
Calvo, Jacinto “Jack,”
Cambria, Fred
Candalario, Rogelio
Canó, Charlie
Canó, José
Baseball Academy
Club Las Caobas
on Estrellas’ losing streak
family and childhood
hitting advice
major-league career
on San Pedro ballplayers
Canó, Joselito
Canó, Robinson
Cardinals, St. Louis
Carrasco, Héctor
Carrasquel, Alex
Cartwright, Alexander
Carty, Rico
Cashman, Brian
Casimiro, Carlos
Castillo, Bonny
Castillo, Juan
Castillo, Luis
Cedeño, Sergio
CEMEX
César Iglesias factory
Céspedes, Carlos Manuel de
Chandler, Happy
Chapman, Ben
charitable foundations
Chicago Cubs
Chicago White Sox
Cincinnati Reds
Circuito de los Ingenios
Claxton, Jimmy
Clemens, Roger
Clemente, Roberto
Cleveland Indians
Abreu, Abner
Doby, Larry
González, Pedro
Griffin, Alfredo
Miñoso, Minnie
Otero, Reggie
Veeck, Bill
Cobb, Ty
Colome, Alexander
Colome, Jesús
Colón, Bartolo
color line
“Concierto de Esperanza para la Mano Izquierda” (Mir)
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
Consuelo team
Carty, Rico
equipment
Franco, Julio
gifted players from
Griffin, Alfredo
Consuelo village
cane harvest
Carty family in
houses
production of baseball players
sugar mill
in twenty-first century
Contón, Alfredo “Chico,”
Córdova, Cuqui
CORE (Congress of Racial Equality)
Corporán, Alcadio, and family
Corporán, Manuel
cricket
Cristóbal Colón mill
Cruz, Victor
Cuba
ballplayers from
baseball in
sugar industry
U.S. trade embargo against
Cubs, Chicago
Cummings, Candy
Cunningham, Bill
curses
curveballs
Cy Young Award
dances
Dark, Al
DeFreitas, Arturo
“Del Trapiche” (Deligne)
Deligne, Gastón Fernando
Detroit Tigers
Diamondbacks, Arizona
Diederich, Bernard
Dihigo, Martín
DiMaggio, Joe
Doby, Larry
Dodgers, Brooklyn
Dodgers, Los Angeles
Avila, Rafael
Beltré, Adrián
Canó, Charlie
Galvez, Balvino
Griffin, Alfredo
Guerrero, Pedro
Roseboro, Johnny
Dominican baseball players
in Dominican military
first major leaguers
lack of education
in major and minor leagues
stereotypes
Dominican League
budget inequality
draft system
foreign players
professional status
salaries
teams in
Dominican Republic
ambiguous identity
anti-Haitianism
Balaguer and Bosch presidencies
chronology
curses
European invasions and annexations of
immigration to United States from
major-league scouts in
poetic description of
racial tensions
regionalism
Santo Domingo
steroid availability
sugar industry
Tainos
Trujillo dictatorship
upper class
U.S. invasion and occupation of
women
See also
San Pedro de Macorís
Dominican Summer League
Dominican Winter Baseball League
Doubleday, Abner
Dragones de Ciudad Trujillo
Dressen, Charles
Drysdale, Don
Duncan, Mariano
Eastern Stars.
See
Estrellas Orientales
Echavaría, Tony
on crime
on investment by major-league players
on San Pedro economy
Escogido Lions
Espaillat, Ulises Francisco
Estadio Tetelo Vargas
Esteban Bastardo, Raquel
Estrellas Orientales
fans
founding of
losing streak
professional status
stadium
top players in
in 2008 playoff
Eusebio, Tony
Expos, Montreal
Fernández, Leonel
Fernández, Ramón “Sanbobi,”
Fernández, Tony
Fernández de Oviedo, Gonzalo
Fiallo, Federico
five-tool players
Flood, Curt
Florida Marlins
foods
chicken
congrejos al ajillo
crabs in coconut
Dominican diet
English steamed fish
fungi
ham and eggs
mofongo
pescado y domplin
restaurant orders
Foster, Rube
Franco, Felicia
Franco, Julio
in America
childhood home
on Consuelo team
determination
major-league career
mother’s house
in retirement years
Franco, Vicente
Frías, Pepe
Furcal, Rafael
Galíndez, Jesús de
Galvez, Balvino
García, Antonio “El Chico,”
García, Julio
García, Silvio
Garvey, Marcus
Gehrig, Lou