SAMPLE COLUMNS
Click any of the below images to access several of the author's favorite columns published on www.BaseballdeCuba.com (Senior writer since 2007)
SAMPLE BOOKS by Peter C. Bjarkman
"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
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THE VOICE OF CUBAN BASEBALL
"Pete Bjarkman is the Peter Gammons and Bill James of Cuban baseball." - Ray Otero, www.BaseballdeCuba.com
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Cuban Baseball Commentaries
With Cuban national team standout Freddie Cepeda in Haarlem, The Netherlands (June 2008)
"Peter Bjarkman is doing for Cuban baseball what Ry Cooder has done for Cuban music ..."—Joseph Arbena, on-line review for Arete: Sports Literature Association Journal (December 16, 2007)
Free-lance author Peter C. Bjarkman has been branded as the "Peter Gammons and Bill James of Cuban baseball" and is the leading internet commentator on the Cuban national pastime. Bjarkman has been observing baseball throughout Cuba (with over 40 trips to the island) and trailing the Cuban national team to major international tournaments since the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. The author appears regularly on www. BaseballdeCuba.com and numerous other related internet sites covering international baseball.
Free-lance author Peter C. Bjarkman has been branded as the "Peter Gammons and Bill James of Cuban baseball" and is the leading internet commentator on the Cuban national pastime. Bjarkman has been observing baseball throughout Cuba (with over 40 trips to the island) and trailing the Cuban national team to major international tournaments since the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. The author appears regularly on www. BaseballdeCuba.com and numerous other related internet sites covering international baseball.
Bjarkman Internet Columns
Covering MLB World Baseball Classic II in Los Angeles Dodger Stadium (March 2009)
Bjarkman began writing for www.BaseballdeCuba.com during coverage of the July 2007 Pan American Games and has been the featured columnist for that leading site (writing mainly in English) for the past three years. He has also maintained a presence as baseball commentator for such Cuba-based on-line outlets as Havana Times (English and Spanish on-line pages), the IBAF (Indternational Baseball Federation) website, the Prensa Latina English-language page, and the Radio COCO Havana website. Interested readers are invited to visit Peter C. Bjarkman's ongoing Cuban baseball commentaries and analyses now regularly found at numerous American (USA), European and Cuban-based website links.
Bjarkman Brief Bibliography
With Smoke co-author Mark Rucker in Guanabacoa (1999)
Major Books (Bjarkman’s Selected Top Dozen-Plus Books)
1. A History of Cuban Baseball, 1864-2006. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company Publishers, 2007. 490 pp. ISBN 0-7864-2829-5
2. The Baseball Scrapbook—The Men and Magic of America’s National Pastime. Revised Fifth Edition. New York: JG Press (World Publications), 2008. 320pp. ISBN 0-88029-588-0 (various earlier editions)
3. Diamonds around the Globe: The Encyclopedia of International Baseball. Westport: CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2005. 626pp. ISBN 0-313-32268-6
4. The Biographical History of Basketball: More Than 500 Portraits of the Most Significant On- and Off-Court Personalities of the Game’s Past and Present. Chicago: NTC Contemporary Books, 2000. 590pp. ISBN 1-57028-134-3
5. Smoke—The Romance and Lore of Cuban Baseball (with Mark Rucker). Foreword by Hank Aaron. New York: Total Sports Illustrated, 1999. 259pp. ISBN 1-892129-07-8
6. Reggie Miller, Star Guard. Springfield, New Jersey: Enslow Publishers, 1999. 104pp. Sports Reports Series. ISBN 0-7660-1082-1
7. Hoopla: A Century of College Basketball. Paperback Edition. Chicago: Masters Press (NTC Contemporary Books), 1998. 364pp. ISBN 1-57028-216-1
8. Top 10 Baseball Base Stealers. Springfield, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 1995. 48pp. Top 10 Sports Series. ISBN 0-89490-609-7
9. Baseball with a Latin Beat: A History of the Latin American Game. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland Publishers, 1994. 460pp. ISBN 0-89950-973-8
10. (Editor) (Japanese Language Edition) Baseball & The Game of Life: Stories for the Thinking Fan. Tokyo: Shinjuku Shobo Limited, 1994. 297pp. ISBN 4-88008-199-X C0097
11. The Brooklyn Dodgers. New York and Secaucus, New Jersey: Brompton-Bison Books and Book Sales Publishers (Chartwell Books), 1992. 80pp. ISBN 1-55521-761-3
12. The History of the NBA. New York and Avenel, NJ: Crescent Books (Random House), 1992. 176pp. ISBN 0-517-06949-0
13. Roberto Clemente. “Introduction” by Jim Murray. Philadelphia and London: Chelsea House Publishers (Baseball Legends Series), 1991. 64pp. ISBN 0-7910-1171-2
14. (Editor) Baseball & The Game of Life: Stories for the Thinking Fan. New York, NY: Vintage Books (Random House), 1991. 212pp. ISBN 0-679-73141-5
Major Book Chapters
15. “The Orangemen Arrive at the Pinnacle of International Baseball” (pp. 20-25) in: Honderd Jaar KNBSB – Eeuw met Gouden Glans (Dutch Baseball Hundred Year Jubilee Book). The Netherlands: Dutch Baseball and Softball Federation, 2012.
16. “Foreword” (an introductory essay detailing role of author Severo Nieto in documenting pre-revolutionary Cuban baseball history) in: Early Blackball Teams in Cuba by Severo Nieto. Jefferson, North Carolina and London: McFarland & Company Publishers, 2008, 1-8. (Book Cover By-Line)
17. “College Basketball: The Formative Years” Chapter 46 in: Total Basketball: The Ultimate Basketball Encyclopedia, 2003, 663-669. Toronto, Canada: Sport Classic Books.
18. “Thieves—Baseball’s sneak attack comes from the legs and the nerves of the wily base-stealer” in: Play Ball! Celebrating 150 Years of Baseball. Special Collectors’ Edition Pictorial Magazine (Fall 1996), 136-143. Clearwater, Florida: Storm Publications.
19. “Cheering for the Home Team—Team Histories as Baseball Literature” (Survey of Baseball Team Histories) in: Cooperstown Review: The Forum of Baseball Literary Opinion. Volume 2 (1994). Pittsburgh: Sheraden Publishers, 161-183.
20. “Introduction” in: The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings, a novel by William Brashler. Chicago and Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1993. xvii-xxxiii. (Book Cover By-Line)
21. “Bums’ Lit: The Literary Boys of Summer” (Review Essay on Books about the Brooklyn Dodgers and Los Angeles Dodgers) in: Cooperstown Review: The Forum of Baseball Literary Opinion. Volume 1 (1993). Pittsburgh: Sheraden Publishers, 54-70.
22. “Dolf Luque, Baseball’s First Hispanic Star” in: The Perfect Game—A Classic Collection of Facts, Figures, Stories and Characters From the Society for American Baseball Research. Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1993, 113-122.
Major Encyclopedia Articles
23. “Baseball in Cuba” in: Sports around the World: History, Culture, and Practice. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO Publishers, 2012 (in press).
24. “Sports: Baseball After 1959” in: Cuba: People, Culture, History (2 Volumes). New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2011, 917-920.
Major Print Articles
25. “Inside Hidden Cuba, Part II” in: The Lafayette Independent (May 2012), 13.
26. “Inside Hidden Cuba, Part I” in: The Lafayette Independent (April 2012), 11.
27. “Bridge to Cuba’s Baseball Past” (Portrait of Conrado Marrero) in: The New York Times (Sunday Edition, August 14, 2011), Sunday Sports, 9.
28. “Retiring Clemente’s ‘21’ as True Recognition for Latinos in the Majors” in: The National Pastime: A Review of Baseball History 27 (2007), 9-13. Cleveland, Ohio: Society for American Baseball Research.
29. “Lost in the Crowd—Cuban legend Martín Dihigo was one of the most versatile players ever, and is in four halls of fame, yet many fans have never even heard of him” in: 108—Celebrating Baseball Volume 1:1 (Summer 2006), 61-69.
30. “Havana Diorama Captures Cuban Steam of Bygone Era” in: Model Railroading 35:4 (June 2005), 34-40.
31. “Waiting for CHE—Chasing Illusions in the Modern-Era Cuban Ballpark” in: Elysian Fields Quarterly 21:2 (Spring 2004), 6-17.
32. “The Cuban Comet” (Minnie Miñoso) in: Elysian Fields Quarterly 19:1 (Winter 2002), 22-36. (Cover By-line)
33. “Latin America’s Game—History and the Latin Age: Exclusion, prejudice yield to a Latin Age” in: Devil Rays Magazine 3:3 (May-July 2000), 38-39, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50.
34. “Fidel on the Mound: Baseball Myth and History in Castro’s Cuba” in: Elysian Fields Quarterly 16:3 (Summer 1999), 31-41.
35. “Baseball and Fidel Castro” in: The National Pastime: A Review of Baseball History 18 (1998), 64-68. Cleveland: Society for American Baseball Research.
36. “Dodgers with a Latin Beat” in: Dodgers Magazine (1990 Centennial Issue) 3:4 (July-August 1990), 24-26, 32-33, 36-37, 48-49, 60-61, 73. (Featured cover story)
Major On-Line Articles
37. “Zoilo Versalles” for: SABR Baseball Biography Project. On-line biographical encyclopedia of the Society for American Baseball Research (http://bioproj.sabr.org) (April 2012)
38. “Tony Oliva” for: SABR Baseball Biography Project. On-line biographical encyclopedia of the Society for American Baseball Research (http://bioproj.sabr.org) (April 2012)
39. “Centenarian in Need Receives Overdue Aid” (Conrado Marrero MLB Pension) for: The New York Times (on-line edition, February 24, 2012)
40. “Pedro Ramos” for: SABR Baseball Biography Project. On-line biographical encyclopedia of the Society for American Baseball Research (http://bioproj.sabr.org) (August 2011)
41. “Bridge to Cuba’s Baseball Past” (Portrait of Conrado Marrero) for: The New York Times (on-line edition, August 13, 2011)
42. “The Mysteries and Misconceptions Surrounding Conrado Marrero” for: Society for American Baseball Research Website (www.sabr.org) (April 25, 2011)
43. “The Cuban League” for: SABR Baseball Biography Project. On-line biographical encyclopedia of the Society for American Baseball Research (http://bioproj.sabr.org) (February 2011)
44. “Omar Linares” for: SABR Baseball Biography Project. On-line biographical encyclopedia of the Society for American Baseball Research (http://bioproj.sabr.org) (January 2011)
45. Milestone Performances from a Half-Century of National Series History (January 16, 2011) for: www.BaseballdeCuba.com
46. Estrellas del Béisbol Cubano (Cuban Baseball Stars): Omar Linares Izquierdo: “The Kid of Cuban Baseball” (January 9, 2011) for: www.BaseballdeCuba.com
47. Wake Up Cuban Fans! There is absolutely nothing wrong with Cuban Baseball! (October 21, 2010) for www.BaseballdeCuba.com
48. “Adolfo Luque” for: SABR Baseball Biography Project. On-line biographical encyclopedia of the Society for American Baseball Research (http://bioproj.sabr.org) (April 2010)
49. “Martin Dihigo” for: SABR Baseball Biography Project. On-line biographical encyclopedia of the Society for American Baseball Research (http://bioproj.sabr.org) (March 2010)
50. “Conrado Marrero” for: SABR Baseball Biography Project. On-line biographical encyclopedia of the Society for American Baseball Research (http://bioproj.sabr.org) (March 2010, updated April 2011)
1. A History of Cuban Baseball, 1864-2006. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company Publishers, 2007. 490 pp. ISBN 0-7864-2829-5
2. The Baseball Scrapbook—The Men and Magic of America’s National Pastime. Revised Fifth Edition. New York: JG Press (World Publications), 2008. 320pp. ISBN 0-88029-588-0 (various earlier editions)
3. Diamonds around the Globe: The Encyclopedia of International Baseball. Westport: CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2005. 626pp. ISBN 0-313-32268-6
4. The Biographical History of Basketball: More Than 500 Portraits of the Most Significant On- and Off-Court Personalities of the Game’s Past and Present. Chicago: NTC Contemporary Books, 2000. 590pp. ISBN 1-57028-134-3
5. Smoke—The Romance and Lore of Cuban Baseball (with Mark Rucker). Foreword by Hank Aaron. New York: Total Sports Illustrated, 1999. 259pp. ISBN 1-892129-07-8
6. Reggie Miller, Star Guard. Springfield, New Jersey: Enslow Publishers, 1999. 104pp. Sports Reports Series. ISBN 0-7660-1082-1
7. Hoopla: A Century of College Basketball. Paperback Edition. Chicago: Masters Press (NTC Contemporary Books), 1998. 364pp. ISBN 1-57028-216-1
8. Top 10 Baseball Base Stealers. Springfield, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 1995. 48pp. Top 10 Sports Series. ISBN 0-89490-609-7
9. Baseball with a Latin Beat: A History of the Latin American Game. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland Publishers, 1994. 460pp. ISBN 0-89950-973-8
10. (Editor) (Japanese Language Edition) Baseball & The Game of Life: Stories for the Thinking Fan. Tokyo: Shinjuku Shobo Limited, 1994. 297pp. ISBN 4-88008-199-X C0097
11. The Brooklyn Dodgers. New York and Secaucus, New Jersey: Brompton-Bison Books and Book Sales Publishers (Chartwell Books), 1992. 80pp. ISBN 1-55521-761-3
12. The History of the NBA. New York and Avenel, NJ: Crescent Books (Random House), 1992. 176pp. ISBN 0-517-06949-0
13. Roberto Clemente. “Introduction” by Jim Murray. Philadelphia and London: Chelsea House Publishers (Baseball Legends Series), 1991. 64pp. ISBN 0-7910-1171-2
14. (Editor) Baseball & The Game of Life: Stories for the Thinking Fan. New York, NY: Vintage Books (Random House), 1991. 212pp. ISBN 0-679-73141-5
Major Book Chapters
15. “The Orangemen Arrive at the Pinnacle of International Baseball” (pp. 20-25) in: Honderd Jaar KNBSB – Eeuw met Gouden Glans (Dutch Baseball Hundred Year Jubilee Book). The Netherlands: Dutch Baseball and Softball Federation, 2012.
16. “Foreword” (an introductory essay detailing role of author Severo Nieto in documenting pre-revolutionary Cuban baseball history) in: Early Blackball Teams in Cuba by Severo Nieto. Jefferson, North Carolina and London: McFarland & Company Publishers, 2008, 1-8. (Book Cover By-Line)
17. “College Basketball: The Formative Years” Chapter 46 in: Total Basketball: The Ultimate Basketball Encyclopedia, 2003, 663-669. Toronto, Canada: Sport Classic Books.
18. “Thieves—Baseball’s sneak attack comes from the legs and the nerves of the wily base-stealer” in: Play Ball! Celebrating 150 Years of Baseball. Special Collectors’ Edition Pictorial Magazine (Fall 1996), 136-143. Clearwater, Florida: Storm Publications.
19. “Cheering for the Home Team—Team Histories as Baseball Literature” (Survey of Baseball Team Histories) in: Cooperstown Review: The Forum of Baseball Literary Opinion. Volume 2 (1994). Pittsburgh: Sheraden Publishers, 161-183.
20. “Introduction” in: The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings, a novel by William Brashler. Chicago and Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1993. xvii-xxxiii. (Book Cover By-Line)
21. “Bums’ Lit: The Literary Boys of Summer” (Review Essay on Books about the Brooklyn Dodgers and Los Angeles Dodgers) in: Cooperstown Review: The Forum of Baseball Literary Opinion. Volume 1 (1993). Pittsburgh: Sheraden Publishers, 54-70.
22. “Dolf Luque, Baseball’s First Hispanic Star” in: The Perfect Game—A Classic Collection of Facts, Figures, Stories and Characters From the Society for American Baseball Research. Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1993, 113-122.
Major Encyclopedia Articles
23. “Baseball in Cuba” in: Sports around the World: History, Culture, and Practice. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO Publishers, 2012 (in press).
24. “Sports: Baseball After 1959” in: Cuba: People, Culture, History (2 Volumes). New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2011, 917-920.
Major Print Articles
25. “Inside Hidden Cuba, Part II” in: The Lafayette Independent (May 2012), 13.
26. “Inside Hidden Cuba, Part I” in: The Lafayette Independent (April 2012), 11.
27. “Bridge to Cuba’s Baseball Past” (Portrait of Conrado Marrero) in: The New York Times (Sunday Edition, August 14, 2011), Sunday Sports, 9.
28. “Retiring Clemente’s ‘21’ as True Recognition for Latinos in the Majors” in: The National Pastime: A Review of Baseball History 27 (2007), 9-13. Cleveland, Ohio: Society for American Baseball Research.
29. “Lost in the Crowd—Cuban legend Martín Dihigo was one of the most versatile players ever, and is in four halls of fame, yet many fans have never even heard of him” in: 108—Celebrating Baseball Volume 1:1 (Summer 2006), 61-69.
30. “Havana Diorama Captures Cuban Steam of Bygone Era” in: Model Railroading 35:4 (June 2005), 34-40.
31. “Waiting for CHE—Chasing Illusions in the Modern-Era Cuban Ballpark” in: Elysian Fields Quarterly 21:2 (Spring 2004), 6-17.
32. “The Cuban Comet” (Minnie Miñoso) in: Elysian Fields Quarterly 19:1 (Winter 2002), 22-36. (Cover By-line)
33. “Latin America’s Game—History and the Latin Age: Exclusion, prejudice yield to a Latin Age” in: Devil Rays Magazine 3:3 (May-July 2000), 38-39, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50.
34. “Fidel on the Mound: Baseball Myth and History in Castro’s Cuba” in: Elysian Fields Quarterly 16:3 (Summer 1999), 31-41.
35. “Baseball and Fidel Castro” in: The National Pastime: A Review of Baseball History 18 (1998), 64-68. Cleveland: Society for American Baseball Research.
36. “Dodgers with a Latin Beat” in: Dodgers Magazine (1990 Centennial Issue) 3:4 (July-August 1990), 24-26, 32-33, 36-37, 48-49, 60-61, 73. (Featured cover story)
Major On-Line Articles
37. “Zoilo Versalles” for: SABR Baseball Biography Project. On-line biographical encyclopedia of the Society for American Baseball Research (http://bioproj.sabr.org) (April 2012)
38. “Tony Oliva” for: SABR Baseball Biography Project. On-line biographical encyclopedia of the Society for American Baseball Research (http://bioproj.sabr.org) (April 2012)
39. “Centenarian in Need Receives Overdue Aid” (Conrado Marrero MLB Pension) for: The New York Times (on-line edition, February 24, 2012)
40. “Pedro Ramos” for: SABR Baseball Biography Project. On-line biographical encyclopedia of the Society for American Baseball Research (http://bioproj.sabr.org) (August 2011)
41. “Bridge to Cuba’s Baseball Past” (Portrait of Conrado Marrero) for: The New York Times (on-line edition, August 13, 2011)
42. “The Mysteries and Misconceptions Surrounding Conrado Marrero” for: Society for American Baseball Research Website (www.sabr.org) (April 25, 2011)
43. “The Cuban League” for: SABR Baseball Biography Project. On-line biographical encyclopedia of the Society for American Baseball Research (http://bioproj.sabr.org) (February 2011)
44. “Omar Linares” for: SABR Baseball Biography Project. On-line biographical encyclopedia of the Society for American Baseball Research (http://bioproj.sabr.org) (January 2011)
45. Milestone Performances from a Half-Century of National Series History (January 16, 2011) for: www.BaseballdeCuba.com
46. Estrellas del Béisbol Cubano (Cuban Baseball Stars): Omar Linares Izquierdo: “The Kid of Cuban Baseball” (January 9, 2011) for: www.BaseballdeCuba.com
47. Wake Up Cuban Fans! There is absolutely nothing wrong with Cuban Baseball! (October 21, 2010) for www.BaseballdeCuba.com
48. “Adolfo Luque” for: SABR Baseball Biography Project. On-line biographical encyclopedia of the Society for American Baseball Research (http://bioproj.sabr.org) (April 2010)
49. “Martin Dihigo” for: SABR Baseball Biography Project. On-line biographical encyclopedia of the Society for American Baseball Research (http://bioproj.sabr.org) (March 2010)
50. “Conrado Marrero” for: SABR Baseball Biography Project. On-line biographical encyclopedia of the Society for American Baseball Research (http://bioproj.sabr.org) (March 2010, updated April 2011)
