Cuban League database?

Tyke · 12-14-2007, 06:36 AM

Hi guys, just wondering if there is anything like the Lahman database for the Cuban league? Any info much appreciated.

The Wolf · 12-19-2007, 05:41 PM

Email Fidel with that idea, he might want to commission one. After all, he used to be a pretty good pitcher once.

Tyke · 12-20-2007, 11:53 AM

LOL! I think it's now acknowledged that he wasn't the hotshot pitcher that he was once claimed to be. Didn't someone suggest he had a tryout for the Dodgers in the days before he got distracted plotting revolution? I think Peter C. Bjarkman's book deals with the issue at some length, but as I've just ordered it and it's unlikely to arrive until after Christmas, I don't have the definitive answer just yet.

Carplos · 12-20-2007, 12:37 PM

It was (supposedly) the Senators and yes it was false.

Tyke · 12-22-2007, 07:14 AM

Has anyone read Tim Wendel's novel "Castro's Curveball"? It was referred to on a site I was looking at as I was trying to find out more about the cuban leagues; I've ordered it, but as I'm in the UK it's likely to be a little while before I get to see it. On the other hand, a couple of days ago I ordered Peter C Bjarkman's book on the history of Cuban baseball and it actually arrived this morning - so I'll have something to keep me occupied whilst the rest of the family is watching all the **** on TV!!

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12-20-2007, 11:53 AM	#3 (permalink)
Tyke Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Brighouse, West Yorkshire, U.K. Posts: 494 Thanks: 136 Thanked 28x in 20 posts	LOL! I think it's now acknowledged that he wasn't the hotshot pitcher that he was once claimed to be. Didn't someone suggest he had a tryout for the Dodgers in the days before he got distracted plotting revolution? I think Peter C. Bjarkman's book deals with the issue at some length, but as I've just ordered it and it's unlikely to arrive until after Christmas, I don't have the definitive answer just yet.

12-22-2007, 07:14 AM	#5 (permalink)
Tyke Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Brighouse, West Yorkshire, U.K. Posts: 494 Thanks: 136 Thanked 28x in 20 posts	Has anyone read Tim Wendel's novel "Castro's Curveball"? It was referred to on a site I was looking at as I was trying to find out more about the cuban leagues; I've ordered it, but as I'm in the UK it's likely to be a little while before I get to see it. On the other hand, a couple of days ago I ordered Peter C Bjarkman's book on the history of Cuban baseball and it actually arrived this morning - so I'll have something to keep me occupied whilst the rest of the family is watching all the **** on TV!!