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Jamail, Milton H.

 
9780803215719: Venezuelan Bust, Baseball Boom: Andres Reiner and Scouting on the New Frontier
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0803215711 ISBN 13 : 9780803215719
Editeur : Bison Books, 2008

Synopsis

Though Venezuela is sandwiched between two soccer-mad countries--Brazil and Colombia--baseball is its national pastime and passion. Yet until the late 1980s few professional teams actively scouted and developed players there. This book is about the man who changed all that and brought Venezuela into Major League Baseball in a major way.

While other teams were looking to the Dominican Republic for new talent, Houston Astros' scout Andrés Reiner saw an untapped niche in Venezuela. Venezuelan Bust, Baseball Boom recounts how, over the next fifteen years, Reiner signed nearly one hundred players, nineteen of whom reached the majors. The stories of these players--among them Bobby Abreu, Johán Santana, Melvin Mora, Carlos Guillén, and Freddy García--are interwoven with Reiner's own, together creating a fascinating portrait of a curious character in the annals of sports and a richly textured picture of the opening of Venezuela as baseball's new frontier. Countless interviews broaden and deepen the story's insights into how the scouting system works, how Reiner worked within it, and how his efforts have affected the sport of baseball in Venezuela and the significance of Venezuela in the world of Major League Baseball.

Milton H. Jamail is the author of Full Count: Inside Cuban Baseball. He has written on Latin American baseball for Baseball America, USA Today Sports Weekly, the Washington Post, Texas Monthly, and the Houston Chronicle.

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À propos de l'auteur

Milton H. Jamail is the author of Full Count: Inside Cuban Baseball. He has written on Latin American baseball for Baseball America, USA Today Sports Weekly, the Washington Post, Texas Monthly, and the Houston Chronicle.

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Éditeur
Bison Books
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0803215711
ISBN 13 
9780803215719
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
284
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Personne responsable
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