South of the Color Barrier: How Jorge Pasquel and the Mexican League Pushed Baseball Toward Racial Integration - Softcover

John Virtue

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786432934 ISBN 13: 9780786432936

Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2007

Synopsis

This book tells the story of how Mexican multimillionaire businessman Jorge Pasquel and the Mexican League hastened the integration of major league baseball. During the decade that preceded Jackie Robinson's breaking of the color barrier, almost 150 players from the Negro League played in Mexico, most of them recruited by Pasquel.

About this title

About the Author:

John Virtue is director of the International Media Center at Florida International University in Miami, Florida. He lives in Miami Beach.

Review:

"John Virtue has more in mind than baseball. He sets the story of [Jorge] Pasquel's work as a promoter, businessman, hustler, and champion of equal rights against the background of the historical relationship between Pasquel's native land and the colossus to the north, a relationship that Porfirio Diaz, for 35 years the president of Mexico, once summarized by opining 'Poor Mexico. We are so far away from God and so close to the United States.'"--Boston Sunday Globe; "engaging and inspiring story"--La Prensa del Beisbol Latino.

About this edition

• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0786432934
• ISBN 13: 9780786432936
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 239