Reviews
Havana Hardball captures the excitement of the Cuban League’s greatest challenge to Major League Baseball’s color barrier.
--Cuban Art News
Brioso’s excellent history details these events while also documenting the history of professional baseball in Cuba. . .This book chronicles baseball history at its best, covering an important chapter in U.S.-Cuba social history.
--Library Journal
Provides context to one of baseball’s greatest moments and also reveals the talent of baseball in Cuba and the fervor of its fan base . . . a clear concise look at baseball’s Cuban connection.
--The Sports Bookie
Has enough history and statistics for any die-hard fan.
--WLRN
An informative and entertaining look at an era when the game and the country were on the brink of profound change--but nobody knew it.
--Tallahassee Democrat
Conjures a colorful era of baseball that predated big-money sports.
--Foreign Affairs
Provides key insights into how baseball has been historically viewed by the Cuban populace, as well as the important role played by Cuba in integrating the American National League.
--Origins
The beauty of Brioso’s story is that it interweaves the most monumental and significant event in the modern history of baseball with an exhilarating season in the Cuban League that ushered it into its Golden Era before the beginning of the Cuban Revolution in 1953. . . . A significant contribution to the literature on baseball in the Americas.
--Historical Horizons
A major contribution to our knowledge of Cuban baseball . . . and likely to remain a standard item in the bibliography of serious scholars.
--Florida Historical Quarterly