Milton Jamail
Contributor
Lecturer, Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin. Author of Full Count: Inside Cuban Baseball.
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Sadaharu Oh is a professional baseball player who played for the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants in the Japanese Central League for 22 seasons between 1959 and 1980 and who holds the record for the most home runs ever hit (868). (See also Japanese baseball leagues). He is among the most revered of Japan’s…
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Publications (1)
Full Count: Inside Cuban Baseball (Writing Baseball) (April 2000)
In his comprehensive and vibrant picture of baseball in Cuba, Milton H. Jamail explores the sport’s relationship to U.S. baseball. Jamail, whose personal love of the game matches that of the Cubans, examines the roots and traditions of baseball on the island and explains why Cubans play such excellent baseball. His analysis of the development of Cuban baseball after the 1959 takeover by Fidel Castro includes a detailed description of the formation of the Cuban amateur baseball system that has...
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