{"product_id":"2940154424292","title":"Puerto Rico and Baseball: 60 Biographies","description":"\u003cp\u003eBaseball in Puerto Rico has a long history, dating back to the nineteenth century and now extending into the twenty-first. As of the end of 2016, there have been 323 players born in Puerto Rico or descended from Puerto Rican natives who have played in the major leagues. But there are thousands of Puerto Rican professional players who have played in the Caribbean and other professional leagues, including the minor leagues in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs one might imagine from the title, Puerto Rico and Baseball: 60 Biographies contains 60 biographies of players — but it also has two “ballpark bios” and an article on major-league games played in Puerto Rico, both spring training exhibition games and several regular-season games from the time when “Los Expos” included San Juan as their home base.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book highlights some of the pioneers who played in the Negro Leagues before the color line was broken, right up through Ivan Rodriguez, elected in 2017 to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. In reading this book you will get to know Perucho, who was compared with Ty Cobb and called the Babe Ruth of Puerto Rico; why Pancho Coimbre was considered one of the best hitters; the story of the great Roberto Clemente; who was “el Divino Loco,” the first pitcher to win a major-league game on the Pacific Coast; who was “El Jibaro”; and even the great achievements of the man who was possibly the most complete catcher who ever stepped on a diamond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book also represents the collaborative efforts of 46 authors and editors from the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents:\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction, Edwin Fernández\u003cbr\u003eRoberto Alomar, Chris Jones\u003cbr\u003eSandy Alomar, Sr., Irv Goldfarb\u003cbr\u003eSandy Alomar, Jr., Joe Wancho\u003cbr\u003eLuis Arroyo, Rory Costello\u003cbr\u003eBenny Ayala, Rory Costello\u003cbr\u003eCarlos Baerga, Joe Wancho\u003cbr\u003eJuan Beníquez, Jonathan Arnold\u003cbr\u003eCarlos Bernier, Charles F. Faber\u003cbr\u003eHiram Bithorn, Jane Allen-Quevedo\u003cbr\u003eBobby Bonilla, Mark Souder\u003cbr\u003eIván Calderón, Dan Potter\u003cbr\u003eJohn Candelaria, Steve West\u003cbr\u003eOrlando Cepeda, Mark Armour\u003cbr\u003ePedro “Perucho” Cepeda, Edwin Fernández\u003cbr\u003eRoberto Clemente, Stew Thornley\u003cbr\u003eFrancisco “Pancho” Coimbre, Joseph Gerard\u003cbr\u003eAlex Cora, Scott Cummings\u003cbr\u003eJoey Cora, Alan Cohen\u003cbr\u003eJosé “Cheo” Cruz (Dilan) Sr., Jane Schupmann Hewitt\u003cbr\u003eJosé Luis Cruz, Thomas Brown\u003cbr\u003eIván DeJesús, Sr., Richard Cuicchi\u003cbr\u003eCarlos Delgado, Paul Hofmann\u003cbr\u003eEduardo Figueroa, Rory Costello\u003cbr\u003eRubén Gómez, Thomas Van Hyning\u003cbr\u003eJuan González, Edwin Fernandez\u003cbr\u003eJosé Hernández, Marlene Vogelsang\u003cbr\u003eRoberto Hernández, Alan Cohen with Matt Merullo\u003cbr\u003eWillie Hernández, Gary Gillette\u003cbr\u003eSixto Lezcano, Brian Wood\u003cbr\u003eJavy López, Kyle Eaton\u003cbr\u003eMike Lowell, Bill Nowlin\u003cbr\u003eCándido Maldonado, Tom Hawthorn\u003cbr\u003eFélix Mantilla, Rick Schabowski\u003cbr\u003eLuis “Canena” Márquez, Amy Essington\u003cbr\u003eEdgar Martíne, Emily Hawks\u003cbr\u003eOrlando Merced, Justin Cabrera\u003cbr\u003eFélix Millán, Jane Allen-Quevedo\u003cbr\u003eBengie Molina, John Vorperian\u003cbr\u003eWillie Montañez, Chuck Johnson\u003cbr\u003eRoger Moret, Seamus Kearney\u003cbr\u003eJaime Navarro, Gregory H. Wolf\u003cbr\u003eJulio Navarro, Rory Costello\u003cbr\u003eLuis Olmo, Rory Costello\u003cbr\u003eJosé A. Pagán, Bill Johnson\u003cbr\u003eJuan Pizarro, Rory Costello\u003cbr\u003eJorge Posada, Scott Dominiak\u003cbr\u003eVic Power, Joe Wancho\u003cbr\u003eJim Rivera, Richard Smiley\u003cbr\u003eIván Rodríguez, Steve West\u003cbr\u003eRey Sánchez, Bill Nowlin\u003cbr\u003eBenito Santiago, Thomas Brown\u003cbr\u003eJosé G. “Pantalones” Santiago, Edwin Fernández\u003cbr\u003eJosé R. Santiago, Edwin Fernández and Bill Nowlin\u003cbr\u003eRubén Sierra, Adam J. Ulrey\u003cbr\u003eDanny Tartabull, Charles F. Faber\u003cbr\u003eDickie Thon, Bob LeMoine\u003cbr\u003eJosé Valentín, Steven Schmitt\u003cbr\u003eJavier Vázquez, Norm King\u003cbr\u003eJosé Vidro, Mark S. Sternman\u003cbr\u003eBernie Williams, Rob Edelman\u003cbr\u003eParque Sixto Escobar, Rory Costello\u003cbr\u003eEstadio Hiram Bithorn, Charles F. Faber\u003cbr\u003eMajor League Baseball in Puerto Rico, Mark Souder\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Society for American Baseball Research","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47076305469680,"sku":"2940154424292","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940154424292_p0.jpg?v=1764067176","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940154424292","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}