As a book collector on Latin American baseball, I’m always looking for the rare item that might provide a clue about how the game arrived to this part of the world. And I’m always hunting for books that refer to countries in which baseball is a favorite pastime such as Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, etc. But, frome time to time, you can expect jewels from unexpected places.
Some weeks ago, a rare item appeared on sale in an internet based shop. It was a book about the history of baseball in Argentina. Yes… Argentina! It was odd enough to find a book on Argentinian baseball, but it was absolutely amazing to read in its pages that the game is being played in that South American country since 1888.
Latin BaseBall Archaeology 