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by Mark Kurlansky


  Alou, Matty

  Amechazurra, Juan Antonio

  America. See United States

  Amorós, Sandy

  Anacaona

  Andújar, Cristófar

  Andújar, Joaquín

  abandonment of San Pedro

  erratic behavior and drug use

  major-league career

  testimony in Rosa sex scandal

  wealth and status symbols

  Angelina mill

  Angels, California

  Anson, Cap

  Aramboles, Ricardo

  Arizona Diamondbacks

  Arredondo, José

  Astin Field

  Astros, Houston

  Athletics, Kansas City

  Athletics, Oakland

  Atlanta Braves

  academy in San Pedro

  Betemit, Wilson

  Canó, José

  González, Pedro

  Olivo, Chi-Chi

  Paulino, Dario

  Rogers, Danilo

  Rymer, Carlos

  Avila, Rafael

  Aybar, José E.

  Azucareros del Este

  bachata music

  Báez, Buenaventura

  Báez, Mauricio

  Balaguer, Joaquín

  Baltimore Orioles

  Barceló, Lorenzo

  Barceló family

  baseball fundamentals

  batting averages

  curveballs

  fastballs and changeups

  home runs and stolen bases

  rules and equipment

  shortstops

  switch-hitters

  Batey Experimental

  Batista, Apollinaire

  Batista, Rafael

  Bell, James “Cool Papa,”

  Bell, George

  in America

  on Andújar’s honesty

  on ballplayers’ lack of education

  childhood

  Hard Ball

  investment in academies

  major-league career

  mansion

  in retirement years

  self-confidence

  tantrums and confrontations

  university training

  Bell, Juan “Tito,”

  Bellán, Esteban

  Beltré, Adrián

  Beltré, Esteban

  Benítez, Armando

  Bernhardt, Juan Ramón

  Berry, Ken

  Betancourt, Rómulo

  Betemit, Wilson

  Bithorn, Hiram

  Bjarkman, Peter

  Blakely, Gordon

  Blue Jays, Toronto

  Bolívar, Simón

  Bonds, Barry

  Borbón, Pedro

  Bosch, Juan

  Boston Red Sox

  Alexander, Manny

  as all-white team

  curse of the Bambino

  signing-bonus payment

  Tartabull, José

  Williams, Ted

  Braves, Atlanta

  academy in San Pedro

  Betemit, Wilson

  Canó, José

  González, Pedro

  Olivo, Chi-Chi

  Paulino, Dario

  Rogers, Danilo

  Rymer, Carlos

  Braves, Milwaukee

  Brea, Lesli

  Brooklyn Dodgers

  Brown, Willard

  Browns, St. Louis

  Cabassa, Carlos

  Cabrera, Daniel

  California Angels

  Calvo, Jacinto “Jack,”

  Cambria, Fred

  Candalario, Rogelio

  Canó, Charlie

  Canó, José

  Baseball Academy

  Club Las Caobas

  on Estrellas’ losing streak

  family and childhood

  hitting advice

  major-league career

  on San Pedro ballplayers

  Canó, Joselito

  Canó, Robinson

  Cardinals, St. Louis

  Carrasco, Héctor

  Carrasquel, Alex

  Cartwright, Alexander

  Carty, Rico

  Cashman, Brian

  Casimiro, Carlos

  Castillo, Bonny

  Castillo, Juan

  Castillo, Luis

  Cedeño, Sergio

  CEMEX

  César Iglesias factory

  Céspedes, Carlos Manuel de

  Chandler, Happy

  Chapman, Ben

  charitable foundations

  Chicago Cubs

  Chicago White Sox

  Cincinnati Reds

  Circuito de los Ingenios

  Claxton, Jimmy

  Clemens, Roger

  Clemente, Roberto

  Cleveland Indians

  Abreu, Abner

  Doby, Larry

  González, Pedro

  Griffin, Alfredo

  Miñoso, Minnie

  Otero, Reggie

  Veeck, Bill

  Cobb, Ty

  Colome, Alexander

  Colome, Jesús

  Colón, Bartolo

  color line

  “Concierto de Esperanza para la Mano Izquierda” (Mir)

  Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

  Consuelo team

  Carty, Rico

  equipment

  Franco, Julio

  gifted players from

  Griffin, Alfredo

  Consuelo village

  cane harvest

  Carty family in

  houses

  production of baseball players

  sugar mill

  in twenty-first century

  Contón, Alfredo “Chico,”

  Córdova, Cuqui

  CORE (Congress of Racial Equality)

  Corporán, Alcadio, and family

  Corporán, Manuel

  cricket

  Cristóbal Colón mill

  Cruz, Victor

  Cuba

  ballplayers from

  baseball in

  sugar industry

  U.S. trade embargo against

  Cubs, Chicago

  Cummings, Candy

  Cunningham, Bill

  curses

  curveballs

  Cy Young Award

  dances

  Dark, Al

  DeFreitas, Arturo

  “Del Trapiche” (Deligne)

  Deligne, Gastón Fernando

  Detroit Tigers

  Diamondbacks, Arizona

  Diederich, Bernard

  Dihigo, Martín

  DiMaggio, Joe

  Doby, Larry

  Dodgers, Brooklyn

  Dodgers, Los Angeles

  Avila, Rafael

  Beltré, Adrián

  Canó, Charlie

  Galvez, Balvino

  Griffin, Alfredo

  Guerrero, Pedro

  Roseboro, Johnny

  Dominican baseball players

  in Dominican military

  first major leaguers

  lack of education

  in major and minor leagues

  stereotypes

  Dominican League

  budget inequality

  draft system

  foreign players

  professional status

  salaries

  teams in

  Dominican Republic

  ambiguous identity

  anti-Haitianism

  Balaguer and Bosch presidencies

  chronology

  curses

  European invasions and annexations of

  immigration to United States from

  major-league scouts in

  poetic description of

  racial tensions

  regionalism

  Santo Domingo

  steroid availability

  sugar industry

  Tainos

  Trujillo dictatorship

  upper class

  U.S. invasion and occupation of

  women
r />   See also San Pedro de Macorís

  Dominican Summer League

  Dominican Winter Baseball League

  Doubleday, Abner

  Dragones de Ciudad Trujillo

  Dressen, Charles

  Drysdale, Don

  Duncan, Mariano

  Eastern Stars. See Estrellas Orientales

  Echavaría, Tony

  on crime

  on investment by major-league players

  on San Pedro economy

  Escogido Lions

  Espaillat, Ulises Francisco

  Estadio Tetelo Vargas

  Esteban Bastardo, Raquel

  Estrellas Orientales

  fans

  founding of

  losing streak

  professional status

  stadium

  top players in

  in 2008 playoff

  Eusebio, Tony

  Expos, Montreal

  Fernández, Leonel

  Fernández, Ramón “Sanbobi,”

  Fernández, Tony

  Fernández de Oviedo, Gonzalo

  Fiallo, Federico

  five-tool players

  Flood, Curt

  Florida Marlins

  foods

  chicken

  congrejos al ajillo

  crabs in coconut

  Dominican diet

  English steamed fish

  fungi

  ham and eggs

  mofongo

  pescado y domplin

  restaurant orders

  Foster, Rube

  Franco, Felicia

  Franco, Julio

  in America

  childhood home

  on Consuelo team

  determination

  major-league career

  mother’s house

  in retirement years

  Franco, Vicente

  Frías, Pepe

  Furcal, Rafael

  Galíndez, Jesús de

  Galvez, Balvino

  García, Antonio “El Chico,”

  García, Julio

  García, Silvio

  Garvey, Marcus

  Gehrig, Lou

  Giants, New York

  Alou, Felipe

  Latham, Arlie

  Martínez, Horacio

  Pompez, Alejandro

  Thompson, Hank

  Virgil, Ozzie

  Giants, San Francisco

  Gibson, Bob

  Gibson, Josh

  Gil, Jerry

  Glanville, Doug

  Goldberg, Arthur

  Gómez, Petronila Angélica

  González, Juan

  González, Pedro

  as Atlanta Braves scout

  background

  as Consuelo manager

  major-league career

  racism endured by

  temper

  González Echevarría, Roberto

  Gooden, Dwight

  Grant, Ulysses S.

  Greenberg, Hank

  Greene, Graham

  Griffin, Alfredo

  on Andújar’s behavior

  background

  charity golf tournament

  as Estrellas manager

  investment in San Pedro

  major-league career

  mansion

  temperament

  Gross, Kevin

  “Guavaberry” (song; Guerra)

  Guerra, Felito

  Guerra, Juan Luis

  Guerrero, Epifanio “Epy,”

  Guerrero, Felito James “Ñato,”

  Guerrero, Juan

  Guerrero, Julio

  Guerrero, Mario

  Guerrero, Pedro

  Guillén, Ozzie

  Guillot, Ernesto and Nemesio

  Guzmán, Santiago

  Haiti

  and abolition of slavery in Dominican Republic

  blackening of Dominican Republic

  Creole language

  Dominican Republic compared with

  invasion and occupation of Dominican Republic

  migrant workers in Dominican Republic from

  as threat to Dominican Republic

  Hall, Toby

  Hall of Fame

  Anson, Cap

  induction process

  Marichal, Juan

  Hard Ball (Bell)

  Hart, Clemente

  Hazín family

  Hemingway, Ernest

  Henderson, Donald Warner

  Hernández, Enrique

  Hernández, Rudy

  Hiroshima Carp Baseball Academy

  Houston Astros

  Howe, Art

  Indians, Cleveland

  Abreu, Abner

  Doby, Larry

  González, Pedro

  Griffin, Alfredo

  Miñoso, Minnie

  Otero, Reggie

  Veeck, Bill

  ingenios

  Inoa, Michael

  Irvin, Monte

  Isla al Revés, La (Balaguer)

  Jackson, “Shoeless” Joe

  Jacobo, Astin, Sr.

  Jacobo, Astin, Jr.

  Japanese training system

  Javier, Ignacio “Al,”

  Javier, Julián

  Jean, Domingo

  Jiménez, Elvio

  Jiménez, José

  Jiménez, Manny

  Johnson, Lyndon

  Johnson, Randy

  José, Gladys María

  José Canó Baseball Academy

  Joseph, Rick

  Kahn, Roger

  Kake, Yasushi

  Kansas City Athletics

  Kansas City Royals

  Kennedy, John F.

  Knapp, Harry Shepard

  Knickerbockers, New York

  Koufax, Sandy

  La Romana Azucareros

  Landis, Kenesaw Mountain

  Las Pajas mill

  Latham, Arlie

  Lee, Manny

  Licey Tigers

  in Dominican League

  foreign players

  founding of

  major-league pitching staff

  in 2008 playoff

  wealth

  Linares, Rufino

  Lions, Escogido

  Lois, Alberto

  Los Angeles Dodgers

  Avila, Rafael

  Beltré, Adrián

  Canó, Charlie

  Galvez, Balvino

  Griffin, Alfredo

  Guerrero, Pedro

  Roseboro, Johnny

  Lugo, Julio

  Lugo Martínez, Ludín

  Luque, Adolfo

  Macorixes

  Major League Baseball

  budget disparities among teams

  dead-ball eras

  as Dominican industry

  draft system

  first Dominicans

  first Latinos

  first Macorisanos

  foreigners in

  minimum signing age

  numbers of teams and players

  off-season play

  racism

  record comparisons

  reserve-clause rule

  rule changes

  salaries and bonuses

  scouting in Dominican Republic

  selection of prospects

  steroid abuse

  See also academies; scandals

  Manny Acta Foundation

  Manzanillo, Josias

  Manzanillo, Ravelo

  Marichal, Juan

  Mariners, Seattle

  Maris, Roger

  Marlins, Florida

  marriage scandal

  Martí, José

  Martin, Norberto

  Martínez, Elio

  Martínez, Herman

  Martínez, José

  Martínez, Manny

  Martínez, Pedro

  Mateo, Victor

  Mays, Willie

  McGwire, Mark

  McNally, Dave

  Medina, Alberto

  Mejía, Hipólito

  Mejía, M
iguel

  Mellor, Santiago W.

  Mena, Rafael

  Mercedes, José

  Mercedes, Luis

  merengue

  Messersmith, Andy

  Mets, New York

  Milwaukee Braves

  Minaya, Omar

  Miñoso, Minnie

  Mir, Pedro

  Mirabal sisters

  Montero, Agustín

  Montreal Expos

  Morales, Dionicio

  Morales, José Ignacio

  Moreno, Jose

  Morillo, Juan

  Mota, Guillermo

  Moya Pons, Frank

  music

  Nationals, Washington

  Negro League

  New York Giants

  Alou, Felipe

  Latham, Arlie

  Martínez, Horacio

  Pompez, Alejandro

  Thompson, Hank

  Virgil, Ozzie

  New York Mets

  New York Yankees

  Alexander, Manny

  Blakely, Gordon

  Boston Red Sox curse on

  Canó, José

  Canó, Robinson

  first Dominican pitcher to defeat

  González, Pedro

  Jiménez, Elvio and Manny

  Maris, Roger

  Rodriguez, Alex

  Soriano, Alfonso

  Nina Santana, Federico

  Noboa, Junior

  Norman, Nelson

  Nuevo Club

  Oakland Athletics

  Oakland Oaks

  Offerman, José

  Old Man and the Sea, The (Hemingway)

  Oliva, José

  Olivo, Chi-Chi

  Olivo, Diomedes

  Orioles, Baltimore

  Ortiz, David

  Otero, Reggie

  Our Man in Havana (Greene)

  Ozama Club

  Paige, Satchel

  Pan American baseball team

  Paredes, Andre

  Paulino, Dario

  Peguero, Héctor

  Pemberton, Rudy

  Peña, Ángel

  Peña, Elvis

  Peña Gómez, José Francisco

  Pérez, Julio Eladio

  Pérez, Lulu

  Pérez, Rafael

  Pérez Tolentino, Ramón

  Philadelphia Phillies

  Physics of Baseball, The (Adair)

  Pittsburgh Pirates

  Pompez, Alejandro

  Ponce de León, Juan

  Porvenir mill

  Puerto Rico

  music and culture

  sense of identity

  slavery

  sugar industry

  U.S. occupation of

  Punta de Pescadores

  Quisqueya mill

  racism and racial tensions

  in Dominican Republic

  harassment of Dominicans in U.S.

  in Major League Baseball

  Ramírez, Carlos

  Ramírez, Rafael “Rafelin,”

  Rangers, Texas

  Abreu, Esdra

  academy in San Pedro

  Franco, Julio

  Minaya, Omar

  Sosa, Sammy

  Tatis, Fernando

  2007 victory over Baltimore Orioles

  Ravelo, Yan Carlos

  Ray, Kenny

  Rays, Tampa Bay

  RBI (Revitalizing Baseball in Inner Cities)

 

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