A History of Cuban Baseball, 1864–2006

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A History of Cuban Baseball, 1864–2006 is written by Peter C. Bjarkman and published by McFarland. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1476606757 (ISBN 10) and 9781476606750 (ISBN 13).

When Cuba met Japan in the finals of Major League Baseball’s 2006 World Baseball Classic (WBC), many among the international audience were shocked that a purported “amateur” team could challenge for the sport’s first true world championship. But those who had paid attention to international tournaments were hardly surprised by Cuba’s strong showing against all-star teams of Puerto Rican, Dominican, Venezuelan, and U.S. major leaguers. The undisputed champions of global baseball, Cuba had reigned supreme for better than a half-century at the avowed American national game. In this groundbreaking volume, Peter Bjarkman traces the full arc of island baseball history, from the pioneering era of integrated play in the winter leagues, across the many triumphs of the post-revolution decades, and up through Cuba’s initial WBC triumphs.