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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
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)