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A Valuable Resource in the Baseball BibliographyAugust 24, 1998 2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Latin American ballplayers found the society in the United States a lonely and trouble-filled plight. They were targets of racism and unjust treatment. Despite their prowness on the base paths, the Latino baseball player was subject to the "Jim Crow" South every much as his African-American counterpart.
Dr. Regalado provides an in-depth perspective on the Latin American ball player from the turn-of-the-century to the "Latin Explosion" of the 1960s, to the rise of "Fernandomania" of the early 1980s. Regalado's work, more importantly, is a construct of the social issues of American culture as seen through the eyes of the dark-skinned foreigner. This book is an important work in the baseball bibliography, moreover it belongs among the books of American Social history. Latino ball players of today's era would do themselves a favor by reading this book and understanding the roots of their past.
