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050	0	0	_aGV 867.64 _bR911r 2011
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100	1		_aRuck, Rob, _d1950-
245	1	0	_aRaceball : _bhow the Major Leagues colonized the Black and Latin game / _cRob Ruck.
260			_aBoston : _bBeacon Press, _cc2011.
300			_axiii, 273 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_a 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.
520			_aFrom 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.
610	2	0	_aMajor League Baseball (Organization) _xHistory.
650		0	_aBaseball _xSocial aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aDiscrimination in sports _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aBaseball _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aAfrican American baseball players.
650		0	_aHispanic American baseball players.
651		0	_aUnited States _xSocial conditions.
651		0	_aLatin America _xSocial conditions.
651		0	_aCaribbean Area _xSocial conditions.
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