GV862

2004-016511

0-313-32268-6

Diamonds around the globe; the encyclopedia of international baseball.

Bjarkman, Peter C.

Greenwood Pr., [c]2005

607 p.

$75.00

The first half of this reference covers the evolution of baseball in seven countries: Cuba, Canada, Japan, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, and Mexico. Each of the country-specific chapters includes an extensive history, profiles of great players, and selected records and statistics. The remaining chapters cover baseball's "hidden sandlots" in the Caribbean Basin; European, African, and Pacific Rim baseball traditions; and Latin winter baseball and the Caribbean World Series. The author also covers the history of tournament play throughout the world, including Olympic baseball. He includes many b & w photographs, a chronology of important events, an annotated bibliography, and contact information for official baseball federations throughout the world.

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