Jim Vitti

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Brooklyn Dodgers in CubaPaperback, 28 March 2011

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Part of Series
Images of Baseball
Print Length
128 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Date Published
28 Mar 2011
ISBN-10
0738574279
ISBN-13
9780738574271

Description

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.

Product Details

Author:
Jim Vitti
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
28 March 2011
Dimensions:
23.11 x 16.26 x 1.02 cm
ISBN-10:
0738574279
ISBN-13:
9780738574271
Language:
English
Location:
Charleston, SC
Pages:
128
Weight:
317.51 gm

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