TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ruck,Rob
TI  - Raceball: how the Major Leagues colonized the Black and Latin game 
SN  - 9780807048054 (alk. paper)
AV  - GV 867.64 R911r 2011
U1  - 796.357 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Beacon Press
KW  - Major League Baseball (Organization)
KW  - History
KW  - Baseball
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - Discrimination in sports
KW  - African American baseball players
KW  - Hispanic American baseball players
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Latin America
KW  - Caribbean Area
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 	The Gospel of baseball --
Blackball's heyday --
A Latin challenge --
The winds of war --
Integration's curse --
¡Viva México! --
New Caribbean currents --
Whiteout --
The rise of the academies
N2  - From an award-winning writer, the first linked history of African Americans and Latinos in Major League Baseball After peaking at 27 percent of all major leaguers in 1975, African Americans now make up less than one-tenth--a decline unimaginable in other men's pro sports. The number of Latin Americans, by contrast, has exploded to over one-quarter of all major leaguers and roughly half of those playing in the minors. Award-winning historian Rob Ruck not only explains the catalyst for this sea change; he also breaks down the consequences that cut across society. Integration cost black and Caribbean societies control over their own sporting lives, changing the meaning of the sport, but not always for the better. While it channeled black and Latino athletes into major league baseball, integration did little for the communities they left behind. By looking at this history from the vantage point of black America and the Caribbean, a more complex story comes into focus, one largely missing from traditional narratives of baseball's history. Raceball unveils a fresh and stunning truth: baseball has never been stronger as a business, never weaker as a game
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