Brooklyn Dodgers in Cuba (Images of Baseball)
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| Management number | 232090158 | Release Date | 2026/06/18 | List Price | US$4.48 | Model Number | 232090158 | ||
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The Brooklyn Dodgers held spring training in Havana in 1947 so Jackie Robinson could practice safely. Yet that was hardly the beginning: the Bums played in Cuba over 60 seasons, from 1900 to 1959. Ballplayers drank hard with Hemingway. Some found themselves in Cuban jails. Pitcher Van Lingle Mungo, barricaded in the Hotel Nacional with two women, fended off an angry husband (and his machete). Leo Durocher got into a brawl with an umpire, after Lippy�s translator correctly cursed him in Spanish. Vin Scully watched machine gun�toting barbudas enter the room. An outfielder leaped into the stands, with a loaded gun, to chase a fan. Several players encountered Castro, who once walked onto the field in his fatigues, patted his pistol, and said to Lefty Locklin, �Tonight, we win.� Read more
| ASIN | B0093PDZTG |
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| XRay | Not Enabled |
| ISBN13 | 978-1439624210 |
| Language | English |
| File size | 55.8 MB |
| Page Flip | Enabled |
| Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Print length | 131 pages |
| Accessibility | Learn more |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Publication date | March 28, 2011 |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
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