latinos baseball
When it comes to baseball’s ethnic tensions, the problems run deeper than bat flip
*When the current MLB season began, nearly 30 percent of the players were Latino. When there are bench-clearing brawls, as there are in professional baseball, the Latino players involved are […]
Latinos Mention Tom Perez as Possible Replacement for Mikulski
*A little inside baseball for a Wednesday morning. Tom Perez to replace Barbara Mikulsky? Hmmmm …. By Fox News Latino Labor Secretary Tom Perez was the name bouncing around Latino […]
Does Major League Baseball Exploit Latino Players?
*This is despicable, discriminatory, just wrong. We’ve published many stories praising the rise of Latino players in the MLB, but this borders on indentured servitude. VL By Tony Dokoupil, NBC […]
Baseball’s Demographic Shifts Bring Cultural Complexities
*Latinos are 17 percent of the U.S. population, and 27 percent of Major League ball players. It’s a cultural shift that’s changing not only play on the diamond, but the […]
Top 10 young Latinos likely to shine this season
By Steve Randel , TTF Baseball I’ll start with Miguel Cabrera, baseball’s premier slugger, and Yadier Molina, arguably the game’s best catcher. Then there’s Albert Pujols, Robinson Cano and David “Big Papi” Ortiz. All these men are iconic […]
Interview With Big Papi’s Papi: Basketball, Not Baseball, Was Big Papi’s Sport
By Julio Pabón, LatinoSports While walking on the Fenway field prior to game 6 of the World Series and in the middle of all the media frenzy going after most […]
De Leon de Vega: Bridging the gap between classical music and Latinos
By John Benson, Voxxi There are many barriers that exist growing up Latino in America, but access to classical music is one that is not often discussed. However, Santa Cecilia Orchestra […]
Imagine an All Latino Baseball All-Star Game
By Julio Pabon, Huffington Post Latino Voices As we get closer to this years MLB baseball All Star game here in New York City many Latino fans wonder how many […]
Are We Latinos Too Thin-Skinned?
[blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/Schulte_Sean/status/310915024841474049″] By Al Dia Editorial Staff As a Latino, how you answer that question may depend on your age A long batch of tweets excoriating ESPN for broadcasting the […]
Latinos Pegged As “Suspicious” At Airport Security
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Headed to the airport soon? Try no t to look “Hispanic.” Apparently some of the trained national security staffers will think you’re suspicious. At least that’s what some […]