The Eastern Stars (37 page)
Authors: Mark Kurlansky
Valverde, José
Vargas, Juan Esteban “Tetelo,”
Tetelo Vargas Stadium
Vásquez, Rafael
Veeck, Bill
Vicini Cabral family
Virgil, Ozzie
Walker, Moses Fleetwood
Washington Nationals
Washington Senators
White Sox, Chicago
Whitman, Walt
Wilder, David
Williams, Ken
Williams, Spin
Williams, Ted
World Series
Andújar’s pitching (1982)
Andújar’s violent outbreak (1985)
Berra’s double play (1955)
billy-goat curse (1945)
Doby, first black to hit home run (1948)
fixing scandal (1919)
Florida Marlins victories
Pedro González in (1964)
Alfredo Griffin in
Robinson’s final season (1956)
Tampa Bay Rays in (2008)
Yankees, New York
Alexander, Manny
Blakely, Gordon
Boston Red Sox curse on
Canó, José
Canó, Robinson
first Dominican pitcher to defeat
González, Pedro
Jiménez, Elvio and Manny
Maris, Roger
Rodriguez, Alex
Soriano, Alfonso
Yastrzemski, Carl
Yawkey, Tom
Young, Cy
Award
MARK KURLANSKY is the
New York Times
-bestselling author of many books, including
The Food of a Younger Land; Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World; Salt: A World History;
and
The Last Fish Tale: The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival in Gloucester, America’s Oldest Fishing Port and Most Original Town.
He reported from the Caribbean for the
Chicago Tribune
for seven years and wrote both
A Continent of Islands: Searching for the Caribbean Destiny
and
The White Man in the Tree and Other Stories
about the area. A finalist for the
Los Angeles Times
Book Prize for science writing and a winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, he lives in New York City.
New York Times
-bestselling author of many books, including
The Food of a Younger Land; Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World; Salt: A World History;
and
The Last Fish Tale: The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival in Gloucester, America’s Oldest Fishing Port and Most Original Town.
He reported from the Caribbean for the
Chicago Tribune
for seven years and wrote both
A Continent of Islands: Searching for the Caribbean Destiny
and
The White Man in the Tree and Other Stories
about the area. A finalist for the
Los Angeles Times
Book Prize for science writing and a winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, he lives in New York City.
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