Stealing lives [electronic resource] : the globalization of baseball and the tragic story of Alexis Quiroz / Arturo J. Marcano Guevara and David P. Fidle.

By: Marcano Guevara, Arturo J, 1968-Contributor(s): Fidler, David P | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2002Description: 252 p. : 1 mapSubject(s): Quiroz, Alexis | Major League Baseball (Organization) -- Corrupt practices | Baseball players -- Recruiting -- Latin America | Baseball players -- Abuse of -- Latin America | Discrimination in sports -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 796.357/089/68 LOC classification: GV880.22 | .M37 2002Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
The "golden age" of Latin American baseball talent in major league baseball -- The globalization of baseball -- The structure and dynamics of major league baseball's recruitment of foreign baseball talent -- Exploitation and mistreatment in the global ballpark, the tragic story of Alexis Quiroz -- "Papa, I want to play baseball!" -- Going to Vietnam -- In baseball purgatory -- The Mesa miracle -- The Dominican disaster -- "That's just your story" -- The pursuit of justice goes terribly wrong -- Seventh-inning stretch, Chicago, New York, Maracay -- The final inning -- Repairing the global ballpark -- Human rights, labor standards, and major league baseball's exploitation of children in Latin America -- Global ballpark repair strategies.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-245) and index.

The "golden age" of Latin American baseball talent in major league baseball -- The globalization of baseball -- The structure and dynamics of major league baseball's recruitment of foreign baseball talent -- Exploitation and mistreatment in the global ballpark, the tragic story of Alexis Quiroz -- "Papa, I want to play baseball!" -- Going to Vietnam -- In baseball purgatory -- The Mesa miracle -- The Dominican disaster -- "That's just your story" -- The pursuit of justice goes terribly wrong -- Seventh-inning stretch, Chicago, New York, Maracay -- The final inning -- Repairing the global ballpark -- Human rights, labor standards, and major league baseball's exploitation of children in Latin America -- Global ballpark repair strategies.

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