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  • Cookie Rojas
    Lou Hernández
    A professional baseball prospect given little chance of making the big time, Octavio 'Cookie' Rojas nevertheless flourished at the sport’s top level during a 16-year major league career. Never breaking ties with the profession he loved, after leaving the field as a player Rojas continued well into his 70s in the varied roles of coach, scout, manager, and broadcaster. Rojas...
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    42,90 €

  • The Curse of the Cobalt Moon
    Lou Hernández
    In THE CURSE OF THE COBALT MOON, teenage hemophiliac, Joshua Puig discovers that he is a half-vampire. He has his life turned upside down when he is confronted with the existence of two types of half-vampires--a non-aggressive group, and another, infused with a much more combative and deadly blood stock. Joshua reluctantly accepts that he belongs to the group with the 'passive'...
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    11,43 €

  • The Curse of the Cobalt Moon
    Lou Hernández
    In THE CURSE OF THE COBALT MOON, teenage hemophiliac, Joshua Puig discovers that he is a half-vampire. He has his life turned upside down when he is confronted with the existence of two types of half-vampires--a non-aggressive group, and another, infused with a much more combative and deadly blood stock. Joshua reluctantly accepts that he belongs to the group with the 'passive'...
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    21,57 €

  • Bobby Maduro and the Cuban Sugar Kings
    Lou Hernández
    Roberto 'Bobby' Maduro (1916-1986) was a visionary baseball team owner and executive. His dedication to promoting the game internationally from the 1950s through the 1970s remains unrivaled. He headed Havana-based clubs in the Cuban Winter League and teams in the U.S. minor leagues, which helped brand Caribbean baseball in the eyes of North American fans. He co-built the fir...
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    57,49 €

  • Manager of Giants
    Lou Hernández
    For decades prior to the rise of Babe Ruth, the most recognized name in baseball was John McGraw. An outstanding player in the 1890s, McGraw--nicknamed 'Mugsy'--was molded in the rough and tumble pre-20th century game where sportsmanship and fair play took a back seat to competition. Later, he became the successful manager of the New York Giants, dominating the National Leag...
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    58,62 €

  • The 1933 New York Giants
    Lou Hernández
    Bill Terry had some big shoes to fill in midseason 1932, when he took over managing the second division New York Giants for the iconic John McGraw. The next year, his first full season as player-manager, 'Memphis Bill' guided the Polo Grounders to the pennant and a World Series victory over a strong Washington Senators team. This is the complete story of how Terry reshaped...
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    42,82 €

  • Chronology of Latin Americans in Baseball, 1871-2015
    Lou Hernández
    This combination reference book and history covers the inroads and achievements made on professional ball fields by Latin American athletes, the Major Leagues’ greatest international majority. Following an 'on this date in Hispanic baseball history' format, the author takes a commemorative look at generations of players from Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South Amer...
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    58,56 €

  • Baseball’s Great Hispanic Pitchers
    Lou Hernández
    Baseball has had many outstanding Latin American pitchers since the early 20th century. This book profiles the greatest Hispanic hurlers to toe the rubber from the mounds of the major leagues, winter leagues and Negro leagues. The careers of the top major league pitchers to come from Central and South America and the Caribbean are examined in decade-by-decade portrayals, cul...
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    44,26 €

  • Memories of Winter Ball
    Lou Hernández
    This is an oral history of the Latin American baseball leagues of the mid-20th century. Interviews with dozens of former major league players, who participated in the winter leagues of Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico and Venezuela, provide a fascinating view of life in all of these countries during the most nostalgic era of baseball. For ...
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    42,67 €

  • The Rise of the Latin American Baseball Leagues, 1947-1961
    Lou Hernández
    Major League Baseball today would be unrecognizable without the large number of Latin American players and managers filling its ranks. Their strong influence on the sport can trace its beginnings to professional leagues established south of the border and in the Caribbean nations in the 1940s. This narrative history of Latin American baseball leagues during the 1940s and 195...
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    73,79 €