Page1 Latinos and Baseball: A Desktop Learning Space Tyler Munn IUPUI

Page2 Latinos and Baseball- Some Facts Baseball was introduced in the Caribbean in 1864 when Nemisio Guillo, a Cuban who had been schooled in Alabama, brought a baseball and bat back to Cuba. Seven Latinos are inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. The Caribbean World Series, played in February, began over 50 years ago. It now is a 4-team tournament with the four biggest (non-Communist) baseball powers in the region. Who are these teams? Write your answer in the space to the left.

Page3 Materials on Latinos in Baseball Locate one of the following books on Latinos and the game, and summarize the contents in the space to the left. Baseball with a Latin beat: A story of the Latin American game. (Bjarkman) (1994) Away games: The life and times of a Latin baseball player. (Breton and Villegas) (1999) Baseball on the border: A tale of two Laredos. (Klein) (1997) Stealing lives: The globalization of baseball and the tragic story of Alexis Quiroz. (Marcano and Fidler) (2003)

Page4 Locating Other Materials on Latinos in Baseball *Check your home library for materials *Check the IUPUI Library for materials, looking for primary and secondary sources ( bibliographies) *Use OCLC’s FirstSearch catalog to search for other materials on the topic and get them on interlibrary loan. *Scan Book Review Digest, other review sources such as library journals, for more materials on the topic. *Use any other search tools that could be useful (Amazon, etc). Baseball Hall of Fame website had a bibliography. *Use INSPIRE.net and other databases to find articles about Latinos, baseball, and Latinos in baseball.

Page5 What do these four men have in common? Tony Perez Juan Marichal Luis Aparicio Orlando Cepeda Answer the headline, and use online and print sources to identify one unique baseball accomplishment of each of the four men.

Page6 Roberto Clemente Click to add text Who was Roberto Clemente? Using biographical sources and watching the videos at /english/virtual_movies.htm and ming.asp?sku=D6704, use the space to the left to create a brief biography including place of birth, baseball accomplishments, and accomplishments off the field and impact. /english/virtual_movies.htm ming.asp?sku=D6704 Wikipedia.org