LEADER 03897nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910457739603321 005 20210927210542.0 010 $a0-520-94077-6 010 $a1-282-77220-1 010 $a9786612772207 010 $a1-4356-0385-0 010 $a1-4337-0881-7 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520940772 035 $a(CKB)1000000000354322 035 $a(EBL)314365 035 $a(OCoLC)476105873 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000222654 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11185291 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000222654 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10175342 035 $a(PQKB)11664701 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC314365 035 $a(DE-B1597)519914 035 $a(OCoLC)176853923 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520940772 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL314365 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10194306 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL277220 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000354322 100 $a20070125d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPlaying America's game$b[electronic resource] $ebaseball, Latinos, and the color line /$fAdrian Burgos, Jr 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (385 p.) 225 1 $aAmerican crossroads ;$v23 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-23646-7 311 $a0-520-25143-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 321-344) and index. 327 $aIntroduction: Latinos play America's game -- A national game emerges -- Early maneuvers -- Holding the line -- Baseball should follow the flag -- "Purest bars of Castilian soap" -- Making Cuban stars -- Becoming Cuban senators -- Playing in the world Jim Crow made -- Latinos and baseball's integration -- Troubling the waters -- Latinos and baseball's global turn -- Saying it is So-sa! -- Conclusion: Still playing America's game. 330 $aAlthough largely ignored by historians of both baseball in general and the Negro leagues in particular, Latinos have been a significant presence in organized baseball from the beginning. In this benchmark study on Latinos and professional baseball from the 1880's to the present, Adrian Burgos tells a compelling story of the men who negotiated the color line at every turn-passing as "Spanish" in the major leagues or seeking respect and acceptance in the Negro leagues. Burgos draws on archival materials from the U.S., Cuba, and Puerto Rico, as well as Spanish- and English-language publications and interviews with Negro league and major league players. He demonstrates how the manipulation of racial distinctions that allowed management to recruit and sign Latino players provided a template for Brooklyn Dodgers' general manager Branch Rickey when he initiated the dismantling of the color line by signing Jackie Robinson in 1947. Burgos's extensive examination of Latino participation before and after Robinson's debut documents the ways in which inclusion did not signify equality and shows how notions of racialized difference have persisted for darker-skinned Latinos like Orestes ("Minnie") Miņoso, Roberto Clemente, and Sammy Sosa. 410 0$aAmerican crossroads ;$v23. 606 $aHispanic American baseball players$xHistory 606 $aBaseball$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aRacism in sports$zUnited States$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xRace relations 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHispanic American baseball players$xHistory. 615 0$aBaseball$xHistory. 615 0$aRacism in sports$xHistory. 676 $a796.357 700 $aBurgos$b Adrian$cJr.,$f1969-$01032526 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457739603321 996 $aPlaying America's game$92450453 997 $aUNINA