Venezuelan bust, baseball boom : Andres Reiner and scouting on the new frontier /
While other teams were looking to the Dominican Republic for new talent, Houston Astros' scout Andres Reiner saw an untapped niche in Venezuela. Venezuelan Bust, Baseball Boom recounts how, over the next fifteen years, Reiner signed nearly one hundred players, nineteen of whom reached the majo...
| Основен автор: | Jamail, Milton H. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
℗♭2008.
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| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Venezuelan bust, baseball boom. |
| Резюме: |
While other teams were looking to the Dominican Republic for new talent, Houston Astros' scout Andres Reiner saw an untapped niche in Venezuela. Venezuelan Bust, Baseball Boom recounts how, over the next fifteen years, Reiner signed nearly one hundred players, nineteen of whom reached the majors. The stories of these players?among them Bobby Abreu, Johan Santana, Melvin Mora, Carlos Guillen, and Freddy Garcia?are interwoven with Reiner?s own, together creating a fascinating portrait of a curious character in the annals of sports and a richly textured picture of the opening of Venezuela as base. |
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| Описание на библ. документ: |
"A Bison original"--Page (4) of cover. |
| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (x, 257 pages, [13] pages of plates) : illustrations |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-257). |
| ISBN: |
9780803217423 0803217420 |