Baseball Beyond Borders

August 26, 2013 by Frank P. Jozsa Jr. · Leave a Comment

Between 1998 and 2012, the international players participating on teams in MLB increased from approximately twenty to twenty-seven percent. After finishing their careers, a fraction of them had opportunities to be full or part time employees in the front offices of American or National League (AL or NL) teams. Some former ballplayers decided to become […]

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Hi Bithorn: Puerto Rico’s Baseball Pioneer

January 20, 2012 by Andrew Martin · 2 Comments

More than 225 players who were born in Puerto Rico have played major league baseball, representing a staggering amount for such a small country. Their successes were paved by right handed pitcher Hiram “Hi” Bithorn, who was the first of them to debut, with the Chicago Cubs in 1942. Bithorn is not well-remembered today because […]

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