LACS 210 Study Guide - Final Guide: Fortune Brands, Rosa Mendes, Lucha Underground
26 Jul 2018
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Furthermore, representation was also very important when it came to sports. Baseball was first introduced to latin america in the countries of cuba, mexico and nicaragua. Many of the baseball players in these countries started their own as well as played on national teams and leagues. The prominence of baseball across latin america was so big that even fidel castro was pretty good at it. With the influx of latinos coming to the united states, there was no doubt that the culture would shift to america upon latino immigration increasing. Though latinos did play baseball in america, only the light-skinned latinos could play into the major league companies. In accordance with playing america"s game by adrian burgos, many latinos were sought out to play now. The major leagues turn to the dominican republic and venezuela effectively maintained a separate system for the acquisition of amateur players from latin america.
