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Milton Jamail
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Lecturer, Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin. Author of Full Count: Inside Cuban Baseball.

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Full Count: Inside Cuban Baseball (Writing Baseball)
Full Count: Inside Cuban Baseball (Writing Baseball) (April 2000)
By Professor Milton H. Jamail Ph.D.
In his comprehensive and vibrant picture of baseball in Cuba, Milton H. Jamail explores the sport’s relationship to U.S. baseball. Jamail, whose personal love of the game matches that of the Cubans, examines the roots and traditions of baseball on the island and explains why Cubans play such excellent baseball. His analysis of the development of Cuban baseball after the 1959 takeover by Fidel Castro includes a detailed description of the formation of the Cuban amateur baseball system that has...
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