Pitching Around Fidel: A Journey Into the Heart of Cuban Sports

Pitching Around Fidel: A Journey Into the Heart of Cuban Sports

S. L. Price
$19.95
Publication Date: March 25th, 2014
Publisher:
University Press of Florida
ISBN:
9780813049687
Pages:
287

Description

"Fascinating."--Chicago Tribune "Unprecedented. . . . Astonishing."--Miami Herald "A rarity: a balanced, compassionate, intimate journal of Cuba's slow, agonizing decay."--Sports Illustrated "Price describes a lovely, proud, impoverished people caught in a] repressive system that destroys thousands as it celebrates a handful."--Kirkus "Takes the wider view, poking its nose into the politics and culture of Cuba every few pages. Price has an easy, lyrical style that elevates his work beyond the usual sports fare."--Business Week "Fascinating, sometimes hilarious, often heart-wrenching."--Philadelphia Inquirer "Easily the most engaging book on Cuban sports--if not Cuba--published in many years."--Baseball America "Offers a rare and provocative tour of the world's most remarkable sports culture. It's an unforgettable story of supremely gifted athletes, the utter madness of politics, and the scent of big money across the sea."--Carl Hiaasen "Price is one of the finest writers on sports anywhere."--USA Today

About the Author

S. L. Price, a senior writer at Sports Illustrated since 1994, has been called a "Master of the New Journalism" by the New York Times. An award-winning former columnist and feature writer at the Miami Herald and the Sacramento Bee, he is also the author of Far Afield, which Esquire named one of the five best books of 2007, and Heart of the Game, which was named the #1 baseball book of 2009 by Baseball America.