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Playing America's Game - Baseball, Latinos, and the Color Line (Paperback)
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Playing America's Game - Baseball, Latinos, and the Color Line (Paperback)
Series: American Crossroads, 23
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Although largely ignored by historians of both baseball in general
and the Negro leagues in particular, Latinos have been a
significant presence in organized baseball from the beginning. In
this benchmark study on Latinos and professional baseball from the
1880s to the present, Adrian Burgos tells a compelling story of the
men who negotiated the color line at every turn - passing as
'Spanish' in the major leagues or seeking respect and acceptance in
the Negro leagues. Burgos draws on archival materials from the
U.S., Cuba, and Puerto Rico, as well as Spanish- and
English-language publications and interviews with Negro league and
major league players. He demonstrates how the manipulation of
racial distinctions that allowed management to recruit and sign
Latino players provided a template for Brooklyn Dodgers' general
manager Branch Rickey when he initiated the dismantling of the
color line by signing Jackie Robinson in 1947. Burgos' extensive
examination of Latino participation before and after Robinson's
debut documents the ways in which inclusion did not signify
equality and shows how notions of racialized difference have
persisted for darker-skinned Latinos like Orestes ('Minnie')
Minoso, Roberto Clemente, and Sammy Sosa.
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