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Since its inception in 1938, the Liga de Beisbol Professional de Puerto Rico has launched the careers of numerous island players, including Ruben Gomez, Jerry Morales, Orlando Cepeda, Vic Power, Ruben Sierra and the greatest of all Puerto Rican stars, Roberto Clemente. For many imports, the league has been a stepping stone to major league stardom.In its early years, many of the league's stars came from the Negro Leagues: Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Buck Leonard, Monte Irvin and Roy Campanella were just a few of the African American stars who graced the Puerto Rican diamonds in the 1940s and early 1950s. The Santurce outfield of 1954 featured one of the finest outfields in baseball history: Clemente, Willie Mays, and Puerto Rican star Bob Thurman. Through the mid-1980s, many major league teams sent their up-and-coming stars to Puerto Rico for a final bit of seasoning--Cal Ripken, Jr., Tony Gwynn, Johnny Bench, Rickey Henderson, Phil Niekro, Hank Aaron and Robin Yount were among them. They played for such future league big league managers as Frank Robinson, Jim Fregosi and Kevin Kennedy, while the balls and strikes were called by Nestor Chylak, Doug Harvey, Dale Ford and many other future major league umpires.

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Van Hyning's colorful history tells of the Winter League of Puerto Rico, which has been a proving ground for such names as Roberto Clemente and Orlando Cepeda. For popular sports history collections. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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The first seven chapters of this book contain brief sketches of many US and Latino players who have participated in Puerto Rico's Winter League since its inception in 1938-39. Managers and coaches; umpires, owners, general managers, and scouts; broadcasters, sportswriters, and trainers; outstanding teams; memorable games; and fans--all are the subjects of chapters. Appendixes give team standings, all-star teams, hitting and pitching season records, selected career records, most valuable players, major league titles and awards won by Puerto Rico League players, Puerto Rico Hall of Fame inductees, Puerto Rico Winter League inductees in the Cooperstown Hall of Fame, and Puerto Rico Winter League teams and stadiums. Photographs of players and others associated with Puerto Rican baseball add interest to the text. Notes include 407 references and a selected bibliography lists books, articles, and other sources of information. Van Hyning interviewed a large number of individuals and obtained information from others through correspondence and questionnaires. Although this book is heavy on trivia, much of the information provided could be useful to students of Puerto Rican baseball and the island's contributions to US minor and major leagues. General; undergraduate. R. McGehee; Southeastern Louisiana University