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Both the U.S. population and Major League Baseball rosters have
seen dramatic demographic changes over the past 50 years. The
nation and the sport are becoming multilingual, with Spanish the
unofficial second language. Today, 21 of 30 MLB teams broadcast at
least some games in Spanish. Filling a gap in the literature of
baseball, this collection of new essays examines the history of the
game in Spanish, from the earliest locutores who called the plays
for Latin American audiences to the League's expansion into cities
with large Latino populations--Los Angeles, Houston and Miami to
name a few--that made talented sportscasters for the fanaticos a
business necessity.
This work provides a revealing look at the history of Hispanic
peoples in the American West (or, from the Mexican perspective, El
Norte) from the period of Spanish colonization through the present
day. Hispanics in the American West portrays the daily lives,
struggles, and triumphs of Spanish-speaking peoples from the
arrival of Spanish conquistadors to the present, highlighting such
defining moments as the years of Mexican sovereignty, the
Mexican-American War, the coming of the railroad, the great Mexican
migration in the early 20th century, the Great Depression, World
War II, the Chicano Movement that arose in the mid-1960s, and more.
Coverage includes Hispanics of all nationalities (not just Mexican,
but Cuban, Puerto Rican, Salvadoran, and Guatemalan, among others)
and ranges beyond the "traditional" Hispanic states (Texas,
California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado) to look at newer
communities of Spanish-speaking peoples in Oregon, Hawaii, and
Utah. The result is a portrait of Hispanic American life in the
West that is uniquely inclusive, insightful, and surprising.
Includes maps, photos, and a comprehensive index as well as
biographical sketches within each chapter that personalize the
themes, recounting the lives of individuals caught up in the sweep
of history Covers Hispanic Americans of all origins, offering
discussions of the differences among these groups not found in
other publications
The history of baseball is filled with players whose careers were
defined by one bad play. Mike Torrez is remembered as the pitcher
who gave up the infamous three-run homer to Bucky ""Bleeping"" Dent
in the 1978 playoffs tie-breaker between the Red Sox and Yankees.
Yet Torrez's life added up to much more than his worst moment on
the mound. Coming from a vibrant Mexican American community that
settled in Topeka, Kansas, in the early 1900s, he made it to the
Majors by his own talent and efforts, with the help of an athletic
program for Mexican youth that spread through the Midwest, Texas
and Mexico during the 20th century. He was in the middle of many
transformative events of the 1970s-such as the rise of free
agency-and was an ethnic role model in the years before the
""Fernandomania"" of 1981. This book covers Torrez's life and
career as the winningest Mexican American pitcher in Major League
history.
In 1927 Cuban national Ignacio S. Molinet was recruited to play
with the Frankford Yellow Jackets of the old NFL for a single
season. Mexican national Jose Martinez-Zorrilla achieved 1932
All-American honors. These are the beginnings of the Latino
experience in American Football, which continues amidst a
remarkable and diversified setting of Hispanic nationalities and
ethnic groups. This history of Latinos in American Football dispels
the myths that baseball, boxing, and soccer are the chosen and
competent sports for Spanish-surname athletes. The book documents
their fascination for the sport that initially denied their
participation but that could not discourage their determination to
master the game.
Although the Latino/a population of the United States has exploded
since the 1960s, an analysis of its place in the history of
American sport has, until recently, been sorely underrepresented.
The thoughtful and coherent essays in More Than Just Peloteros
demonstrate that participation in sport and recreation develops
identity and involvement in the lives of Spanish-speaking people
throughout what is now the United States. The articles feature
accounts of eras and events as varied as the Latino experience
itself, including horse racing in colonial San Antonio, boxing in
New York City, baseball in the barrios of 1930s Chicago, basketball
in a 1950s Arizona mining town, and, of course, high school
football in South Texas. As the nation's demographics continue to
change, more and more Latinos/as will, undoubtedly, leave their
marks on the fields of athletic competition at levels ranging from
the local to the professional, the business offices of franchises
and colleges, and as general consumers of American sporting events
and goods. This volume recognizes and encourages the role that
sport and recreation play in the day-to-day existence of Spanish
speakers in the United States.
Tony Romo's place in NFL history is a surprising story, one that
Jorge and Raquel Iber tell from its unlikely origins to its happy
present in clear language for middle readers. Tony's grandfather
was a migrant worker who emigrated from Mexico to Wisconsin, where
he and his Texas-born Mexican American spouse fought hardscrabble
for a middle-class life. Readers will learn about a Latino/a
community's struggles and triumphs in this unlikely midwestern
enclave. Unlike other future superstar quarterbacks, Tony didn't
get to play for a large city high school team. He was barely
noticed by college recruiters, and his only real path to the next
level came at a small school, Eastern Illinois University. At EIU,
Tony fought his way to become the starting quarterback. The story
repeated itself in the NFL, when Tony battled his way from
undrafted prospect all the way to All-Pro starting quarterback for
the most famous NFL franchise in the world, the Dallas Cowboys. A
must-read for young Cowboy fans and their parents, Jorge and
Raquel's book places Tony's life story among other famous figures
in contemporary American sports. Relive Tony's career, his
difficulties and successes. Tony is the quintessential Texas Sport
Hero.
Latinos and Latinas in American Sport: Stories Beyond Peloteros
expands upon the significance of sport in U.S. Latino communities
by looking at sports as diverse as drag racing and community
softball, the rise of Latinas in high school basketball, and the
role of Latinos in protesting social injustice through sport.
Although the Latino/a population of the United States has
significantly expanded since the 1960s, an analysis of this
population's place in the history of American sport has, until
recently, been sorely lacking. This second anthology by Jorge Iber
adds scope and depth to our understanding of the relationship
between sport/recreation and identity and involvement among
Spanish-speaking people throughout what is now the United States.
The chapters of this volume focus on eras and topics as varied as
the Latino experience itself, including the treatment of Mexican
athletes arriving in the U.S. for the 1932 Olympics; the importance
of youth baseball in an early 1960s southern Texas community; and
how the growing Latino presence in the NFL and other professional
sports has destabilized the historically black/white dichotomy in
U.S. athletics. As the nation's demographics continue to change,
more and more Latinos/as are leaving their marks on fields of
competition from local to professional, on college and franchise
business offices, and on the American sporting event and sporting
goods industries. In considering such instances in the particular,
this volume further illuminates the roles that sport and recreation
play in the day-to-day existence of Spanish speakers in the United
States.
Although the Latino/a population of the United States has exploded
since the 1960s, an analysis of its place in the history of
American sport has, until recently, been sorely underrepresented.
The thoughtful and coherent essays in More Than Just Peloteros
demonstrate that participation in sport and recreation develops
identity and involvement in the lives of Spanish-speaking people
throughout what is now the United States. The articles feature
accounts of eras and events as varied as the Latino experience
itself, including horse racing in colonial San Antonio, boxing in
New York City, baseball in the barrios of 1930s Chicago, basketball
in a 1950s Arizona mining town, and, of course, high school
football in South Texas. As the nation's demographics continue to
change, more and more Latinos/as will, undoubtedly, leave their
marks on the fields of athletic competition at levels ranging from
the local to the professional, the business offices of franchises
and colleges, and as general consumers of American sporting events
and goods. This volume recognizes and encourages the role that
sport and recreation play in the day-to-day existence of Spanish
speakers in the United States.
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