An edition of Stealing lives (2002)

Stealing Lives

The Globalization of Baseball and the Tragic Story of Alexis Quiroz

By Arturo J. Marcano Guevara

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Publish Date

January 2003

Publisher

Indiana University Press

Language

eng

Pages

266

Description:

"As a young boy growing up in Venezuela, Alexis Quiroz dreamed of playing in the Major Leagues. Alexis's dreams were like those of thousands of other boys in the Dominican Republic and Venezuela, and Major League teams encouraged such dreams by recruiting Latin children as young as 10 and 11 years old. Determined to become a big league player, Alexis finished high school early and dedicated himself to landing a contract with a Major League team. Alexis signed with the Chicago Cubs in 1995 at age 17 and then began a harrowing ordeal of exploitation, mistreatment, and disrespect at the hands of the Chicago Cubs, including playing for the Cubs' Dominican Summer League team in appalling living conditions. His baseball career ended by an injury for which the Cubs provided inadequate medical treatment. Alexis pursued justice in the United States to ensure that what happened to him does not happen to other Venezuelan and dominican boys."--BOOK JACKET.