Recently, there has been a huge rise in the number of Cuban ballplayers, or peloteros, as the baseball playing Latinos are known. Why do Major League Baseball (MLB) teams go to such lengths to sign Cubans, when a heavy presence already exists in Cuba’s Caribbean neighbor, the Dominican Republic? Through the comparison educational systems, statistics of each country’s elite players, and comparative accounts of the Dominican and Cuban player development systems, the contrast between the two systems is evident. Though the Dominican system creates a large return in the investment MLB teams make in the country, the socialized sport system propels Cuba to create the ideal pelotero
As organizations and corporations construct an international reach, they become influential actors i...
Economists frequently study the determinants of baseball players’ wages. Researchers usually control...
Winner of The North American Society for the Sociology of Sport 2009 Book Prize: In parks and cafes,...
Recently, there has been a huge rise in the number of Cuban ballplayers, or peloteros, as the baseba...
Over the last decade, baseball players from the Dominican Republic have had an astounding presence i...
Latin America’s presence in Major League Baseball has grown rapidly in recent years. The increase of...
This research examines the history of foreign, Latin American Major League baseball players. It look...
(Statement of Responsibility) by Liam Shaw(Thesis) Thesis (B.A.) -- New College of Florida, 2019RE...
This note explores the past, present, and future of the path for Cuban baseball players into MLB. Sp...
University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. December 2013. Major: Kinesiology. Advisor: Lisa A. Kihl...
Many times when people from Europe or other non-baseball playing countries have commented how strang...
The game of baseball, a shared cultural affinity linking Cuba and the United States, has played a si...
Since the 1991 defection of Cuban pitching star Rene Arocha, dozens of Cuban baseball players have d...
Latin American players represent approximately one third of Major League Baseball’s (MLB) signed pla...
In December of 2018, Major League Baseball (“MLB”) signed an agreement with the Cuban Baseball Feder...
As organizations and corporations construct an international reach, they become influential actors i...
Economists frequently study the determinants of baseball players’ wages. Researchers usually control...
Winner of The North American Society for the Sociology of Sport 2009 Book Prize: In parks and cafes,...
Recently, there has been a huge rise in the number of Cuban ballplayers, or peloteros, as the baseba...
Over the last decade, baseball players from the Dominican Republic have had an astounding presence i...
Latin America’s presence in Major League Baseball has grown rapidly in recent years. The increase of...
This research examines the history of foreign, Latin American Major League baseball players. It look...
(Statement of Responsibility) by Liam Shaw(Thesis) Thesis (B.A.) -- New College of Florida, 2019RE...
This note explores the past, present, and future of the path for Cuban baseball players into MLB. Sp...
University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. December 2013. Major: Kinesiology. Advisor: Lisa A. Kihl...
Many times when people from Europe or other non-baseball playing countries have commented how strang...
The game of baseball, a shared cultural affinity linking Cuba and the United States, has played a si...
Since the 1991 defection of Cuban pitching star Rene Arocha, dozens of Cuban baseball players have d...
Latin American players represent approximately one third of Major League Baseball’s (MLB) signed pla...
In December of 2018, Major League Baseball (“MLB”) signed an agreement with the Cuban Baseball Feder...
As organizations and corporations construct an international reach, they become influential actors i...
Economists frequently study the determinants of baseball players’ wages. Researchers usually control...
Winner of The North American Society for the Sociology of Sport 2009 Book Prize: In parks and cafes,...
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