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10 produkter
Diamonds around the Globe
The Encyclopedia of International Baseball
Inbunden, 2005
1133 kr
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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 …
Cuba's Baseball Defectors
The Inside Story
Häftad, 2017
456 kr
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The stellar play and fascinating backstories of exiled Cuban sluggers and hurlers in Major League Baseball (MLB) has become one of the biggest headlines in America's national pastime. On-field exploits by colorful Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig, American League rookie-of-the-year José Abreu, home …
American Spanish Pronunciation
Theoretical and Applied Perspectives
Av Peter C. Bjarkman, Robert M. Hammond
Häftad, 1989
821 kr
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The scholar-editors and eight accomplished colleagues together offer views of phonological research on American Spanish.
Real-World Linguist
Linguistic Applications in the 1980s
Av Peter C Bjarkman, Victor Raskin
Inbunden, 1986
1098 kr
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This book contains 15 articles on applictions of linguistics to various adjacent academic and professional fields all authored by practicing theoretical linguists. Data, methods, and/or theories developed within linguistics are used to solve problems from different areas of study in which language …
Baseball with a Latin Beat
A History of the Latin American Game
Häftad, 1994
506 kr
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Since Cuba's Esteban Bellan made his debut for the Troy Haymakers of the National Association in 1871, Latin Americans have played a large role in the major leagues. Nearly 15 percent of big league rosters are made up of Latinos, while the region's colorful and competitive winter leagues have been …
Cuba's Baseball Defectors
The Inside Story
Inbunden, 2016
586 kr
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The stellar play and fascinating backstories of exiled Cuban sluggers and hurlers in Major League Baseball (MLB) has become one of the biggest headlines in America's national pastime. On-field exploits by colorful Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig, American League rookie-of-the-year José Abreu, home …
Fidel Castro and Baseball
The Untold Story
Inbunden, 2018
560 kr
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Few political figures of the modern age have been so vilified as Fidel Castro, and both the vilification and worship generated by the Cuban leader have combined to distort the true image of Castro. The baseball myths attached to Fidel have loomed every bit as large as the skewed political notions …
New York Mets Encyclopedia
3rd Edition
E-bok, 2013
359 kr
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The New York Mets Encyclopedia provides the full and exciting story of modern-era baseball’s most popular expansion-age franchise. From those lovable losers of 1962 and 1963, to the Miracle Mets of 1969 and 1973, and on to year-in and year-out contenders of the 1980s and 1990s, New York’s National …
History of Cuban Baseball, 1864-2006
Häftad, 2014
657 kr
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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 …
