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Product Identifiers

PublisherArcadia Publishing

ISBN-100738574279

ISBN-139780738574271

eBay Product ID (ePID)99493643

Product Key Features

Book TitleBrooklyn Dodgers in Cuba

Number of Pages128 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicBaseball / History, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Baseball / General, Special Interest / Sports

Publication Year2011

IllustratorYes

GenreTravel, Sports & Recreation, History

AuthorJim Vitti

Book SeriesImages of Baseball Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight0.7 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2010-935095

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal796.3570974723

SynopsisThe Brooklyn Dodgers held spring training in Havana in 1947 so Jackie Robinson could practice safely. Yet that was hardly the beginning: the Bums played in Cuba over 60 seasons, from 1900 to 1959. Ballplayers drank hard with Hemingway. Some found themselves in Cuban jails. Pitcher Van Lingle Mungo, barricaded in the Hotel Nacional with two women, fended off an angry husband (and his machete). Leo Durocher got into a brawl with an umpire, after Lippy s translator correctly cursed him in Spanish. Vin Scully watched machine gun toting barbudas enter the room. An outfielder leaped into the stands, with a loaded gun, to chase a fan. Several players encountered Castro, who once walked onto the field in his fatigues, patted his pistol, and said to Lefty Locklin, Tonight, we win. ", The Brooklyn Dodgers held spring training in Havana in 1947 so Jackie Robinson could practice safely. Yet that was hardly the beginning: the Bums played in Cuba over 60 seasons, from 1900 to 1959. Ballplayers drank hard with Hemingway. Some found themselves in Cuban jails. Pitcher Van Lingle Mungo, barricaded in the Hotel Nacional with two women, fended off an angry husband (and his machete). Leo Durocher got into a brawl with an umpire, after Lippy's translator correctly cursed him in Spanish. Vin Scully watched machine gun-toting barbudas enter the room. An outfielder leaped into the stands, with a loaded gun, to chase a fan. Several players encountered Castro, who once walked onto the field in his fatigues, patted his pistol, and said to Lefty Locklin, "Tonight, we win."

LC Classification NumberGV875.B7V58 2011