Awards
- Commended for Tayshas Reading 2004
Overview
Roberto Clemente, Minnie Minoso, Orlando Cepeda, Miguel Tejada and JosA(c) Santana. These men are the immortals, the pioneers, the famous, the soon-to-be famous and the forgotten ones. They know that home is everything-home is the barrio where they improvised baseball on unpaved streets and sandlots; home is home plate where the batter stands waiting for the next pitch, where runs are scored and games are won; and home is the magical ballparks of major league baseball where they dream to play. Villegas' wonderful full-color photographs, with Breton's companion bilingual text, reveal the essence of the Latino ballplayers' journey: the struggles, dis-appointments and the sometimes enormous successes. The book features the journey of Miguel Tejada, All-Star shortstop for the Oakland Athletics, from his barrio in the Dominican Republic through his 2002 breakout year. The photographs let us witness the barrios where the dreaming begins, the young dreamers who will never leave their home, the major league facilities where young players learn English and gringo baseball, the forgotten players playing semi-pro in the Bronx and keeping their dreams alive, Latinos struggling through the foreign world of the minor leagues, the major leaguers and the immortals.Preface by Orlando the Baby Bull Cepeda from Ponce, Puerto Rico. Lifetime .297 batting average, 379 homeruns, MVP 1967 with the Cardinals, Hall of Fame 1999. JosA(c) Luis Villegas is a long-time sports photographer and contributor to Edward James Olmos' photo-anthology Americanos. With Marcos BretA3n, he received the Alicia Patterson Fellowship for their collaboration on Latino baseball, culminating with Away Games: The Life and Times of a Latin Ballplayer (Simon & Schuster, 1999). BretA3n collaborated with Chicago Cubs star Sammy Sosa on Sosa: An Autobiography (Warner Books, 2000). BretA3n also contributed to the Subway Series Reader (Simon & Schuster, 2000). Villegas and BretA3n live in Sacramento where they work for the Sacramento Bee.
Full Product Details
Author: Marcos Bretan ,
Marcos Breton ,
From the Barrio to the Major Leagues ,
Josc) Luis Villegas
Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press
Imprint: Cinco Puntos Press
Dimensions:
Width: 25.50cm
, Height: 1.10cm
, Length: 20.30cm
Weight: 0.503kg
ISBN: 9780938317708
ISBN 10: 0938317709
Pages: 148
Publication Date: 01 April 2003
Recommended Age: From 15 to 18 years
Audience:
Young adult
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Teenage / Young adult
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Awaiting stock
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Language: English, Spanish
