The Pride of Havana, Joe Bolick
This week, week six, is focusing on the early history of baseball. My group read “The Pride of Havana: A History of Cuban Baseball”. This reading really dives into the evolution of baseball in
This week, week six, is focusing on the early history of baseball. My group read “The Pride of Havana: A History of Cuban Baseball”. This reading really dives into the evolution of baseball in
For this week I focused my attention on reading the article by Roberta J. Park. This reading focuses on the impact of sports in the development of social values in countries where they are
*Post is in reference to From La Bomba to beisbol Manifest Destiny seemed inevitable for the United States and the Spanish American War only further convinced the world of this “truth.” However, the expansion
For this week’s readings, I read “From La Bamba to Baseball” and the first chapter of “Raceball”. These readings mainly revolve around the islands of Cuba and Puerto Rico and the Origins of their
Throughout this blog we will take a look at two different stories that are focused on the same sport, but wielded two completely different effects in different countries. The first story is called “Play
This week for readings, I read “Play Ball!” The Gómez Dictatorship and the Development of Baseball in Venezuela. This article was very insightful and provided some more information about baseball that I was completely unaware of.
When I was reading through the text this quote stuck out to me “It was in part team’s identification with the Confederacy that made the Virginians so widely accepted in the city. Baseball became
“For all the success of its players on fields in both the U.S. and abroad, the ASL was in trouble.” While simplistic, I believe that this statement from the blog post details just why
The reading in week five for group A was titled “Meet the Babe Ruth of American Soccer”. This reading was looking at the great soccer player, Billy Gonsalves. This article goes through Billy’s life
Critical Analysis: The article, written by Steve Holroyd, argued that Billy Gonsalves was the greatest American soccer player to ever grace the game. Though I would consider myself a passionate soccer fan, I had