Peter C. Bjarkman

Cuban Baseball Historian

Bjarkman Sample Books

"Bjarkman delivers the definitive work on Cuban baseball"—Library Journal
A long-awaited history of the Cuban national team and its many successes in international tournament competition
First English-language biographical encyclopedia of post-revolutionary Cuban baseball, scheduled for 2011 publication
"this gem is truly a triumph of research and good writing"—Library Journal
"Smoke is visual, visceral energy ... Rarely doeas a baseball book offer so much ..."—Sports Collectors Digest
"An unrivaled definitive history of the Latino invasion of the North American pastime."—amazon.com
Popular coffee table collection of images and anecdotes celebrating North America's "national pastime"
Four-decade illustrated history of major league baseball's most successful and popular post-expansion-era franchise
Detailed portraits of hoopdom's most m emorable figures of the 20th century, along with engaging chapter-long histories of both the collegiate and professional games
One of a series of popular Bjarkman-authored sports biographies for Young Adult Readers produced in the mid-1990s

Some Other Useful Links

Open here for Pete Bjarkman's June 13, 2010 NPR interview ("All Things Considered" with host Guy Raz) discussing North American Negro League ballplayers and rare Cuban baseball cards of the 1920s
Open here for Ray Otero's site at www.BaseballdeCuba.com and the "official" home page of Cuban League baseball, covering all the news from the island national pastime
Open here for Eloy Alvarez's new site covering the history and fortunes of Havana's favorite team, the Industriales Blue Lions (Los Leones Azules)
Open here for the HAVANA TIMES on-line journal, providing open-minded writing and a different slant on social, political and cultural news from Cuba
Order Bjarkman baseball history titles from McFarland & Company Publishers here
Open here for the home page of "Elysian Fields Quarterly" and order issues featuring Bjarkman's various cover stories on Cuban baseball
Open here for information on SABR (the Society for American Baseball Research) and to access the SABR home page
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June 5, 2010

I will be in Haarlem (The Netherlands) from July 9-18 covering the Cuban national team at the 25th Haarlem Honkbalweek tournament. Cuba is sending an exceptionally strong team and is thus a heavy favorite to capture the gold medal. Follow the action on our special tournament page at www.BaseballdeCuba.com.

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May 17, 2010

Readers: I will rarely if ever blog on this website. But I do publish regular blog entries dealing with Cuban baseball which can be found at my popular MLB.com site:

www.bjarkmanlatinobaseball.mlblogs.com

That regularly updated blog has been been officially ranked as an MLBlogs "Top 100" site for both 2008 (#41) and 2009 (#58).

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