Book description
In parks and cafes, homes and stadium stands, Cubans talk baseball. Thomas F. Carter contends that when they are analyzing and debating plays, games, teams, and athletes, Cubans are exchanging ideas not just about baseball but also about Cuba and cubanidad, or what it means to be Cuban. The QualityâŠ
Why read it?
1 author picked The Quality of Home Runs as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Naturally, when we think of sports in Latin America we first think of the regionâs great athletes, from PelĂ© to Roberto Clemente, from Lionel Messi to Albert Pujols. But baseball and soccer players do not make sports meaningful on their own; many others â owners, sponsors, politicians, fans â make them what they are. This is the essential insight that guides Thomas Carterâs anthropology of Cuban baseball. He acknowledges the important role of the Communist regime in shaping the game, but he shows convincingly that the game belongs to its fans, for it is their passion that makes baseball importantâŠ
From Gregg's list on sports in Latin America and the Caribbean.
If you love The Quality of Home Runs...
These Blue Mountains
A moving story of love, betrayal, and the enduring power of hope in the face of darkness.
German pianist Hedda Schlagel's world collapsed when her fiancĂ©, Fritz, vanished after being sent to an enemy alien camp in the United States during the Great War. Fifteen years later, in 1932, HeddaâŠ
Want books like The Quality of Home Runs?
Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like The Quality of Home Runs.
Share your top 3 reads of 2025!
And get a beautiful page showing off your 3 favorite reads.
1,366
readers submitted
so far, will you?
đ If you like The Quality of Home Runs, you might also like...
Pioneer Paddles of the Colonial South
Award-winning novelist William Auman, author of If Trees Could Testify..., takes the reader on a time-traveling odyssey featuring 345 bodies of water in six states within the historical context through which they unfold.
Journey into remaining Colonial-era wilderness with stories of pirate treasure, epic frontiersmen, Indigenous Peoples, and RevolutionaryâŠ
A Winter's Disgrace
Cyprian, a marquessâs heir, will not let his mother choose his next bride. Leaving a house party in a blizzard to avoid her stratagems, he finds a woman trudging half frozen toward the London road. Rosamund fled disgrace, hoping to reach the one person who might shelter her, but evenâŠ
