{"product_id":"venezuelan-bust-baseball-boom-andres-reiner-and-scouting-on-the-new-frontier-paperback","title":"Venezuelan Bust, Baseball Boom: Andrés Reiner and Scouting on the New Frontier - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMilton H. Jamail\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough Venezuela is sandwiched between two soccer-mad countries--Brazil and Colombia--baseball is its national pastime and passion. Yet until the late 1980s few professional teams actively scouted and developed players there. This book is about the man who changed all that and brought Venezuela into Major League Baseball in a major way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile other teams were looking to the Dominican Republic for new talent, Houston Astros' scout Andrés Reiner saw an untapped niche in Venezuela. \u003cem\u003eVenezuelan Bust, Baseball Boom\u003c\/em\u003e recounts how, over the next fifteen years, Reiner signed nearly one hundred players, nineteen of whom reached the majors. The stories of these players--among them Bobby Abreu, Johán Santana, Melvin Mora, Carlos Guillén, and Freddy García--are interwoven with Reiner's own, together creating a fascinating portrait of a curious character in the annals of sports and a richly textured picture of the opening of Venezuela as baseball's new frontier. Countless interviews broaden and deepen the story's insights into how the scouting system works, how Reiner worked within it, and how his efforts have affected the sport of baseball in Venezuela and the significance of Venezuela in the world of Major League Baseball.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMilton H. Jamail is the author of \u003cem\u003eFull Count: Inside Cuban Baseball\u003c\/em\u003e. He has written on Latin American baseball for Baseball America, \u003cem\u003eUSA Today Sports Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTexas Monthly\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eHouston Chronicle.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMilton H. Jamail is the author of \u003ci\u003eFull Count: Inside Cuban Baseball\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written on Latin American baseball for Baseball America, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today Sports Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTexas Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eHouston Chronicle.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 284\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.02 x 6.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52445447520563,"sku":"9780803215719","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/S29YKzZBRzgyUjBCMFhadmlmR1lHdz09.webp?v=1758963453","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/venezuelan-bust-baseball-boom-andres-reiner-and-scouting-on-the-new-frontier-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}