Latino Veterans and Baseball: From the Battle Fields to the Baseball Fields

Latino Veterans and Baseball: From the Battle Fields to the Baseball Fields

Mary Mata September 5, 2013

By San Bernardino County Sun Pomona, Sep 05, 2013 (Menafn – San Bernardino County Sun – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) –Although they served in the United States Armed Forces, […]

Imagine an All Latino Baseball All-Star Game

Mary Mata July 15, 2013

By Julio Pabon, Huffington Post Latino Voices  As we get closer to this years MLB baseball All Star game here in New York City many Latino fans wonder how many […]

The forgotten all-star game: 50 years ago, baseball’s Latino legends played in Polo Grounds’ last game

Mary Mata July 11, 2013

By Robert Dominguez, New York Daily News It was the all-star game few baseball fans witnessed, and fewer today know it was ever played at all. Fifty years ago, on […]

Umpire Tells New Mexico HS Team to Stop Speaking Spanish

Mary Mata April 16, 2013

By Ignacio Torres, NBCLatino A high school umpire may be caught in a pickle after asking a Latino player to stop speaking Spanish during a game in Las Cruzes, New Mexico. […]

Maya Bring Baseball Passions to U.S.

Mary Mata March 28, 2013

By John Harris and Josue Rojas, New America Media SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — In Mexico, the Mayas are a people apart. Half a millennium since Spanish conquistadors set foot in […]

Mexican Americans: The Lessons of Latinos, Politics and Baseball

Mary Mata March 12, 2013

By Tony Castro, Voxxi President Barack Obama isn’t a big baseball fan. His game is basketball. And in a country where baseball will always be the national pastime, that’s possibly […]

Baseball or Béisbol?

Mary Mata October 29, 2012

By Cheech Marin, Huffington Post Latino Voices There is something strange happening to our national pastime. At first, I couldn’t put my finger on it. Everything seemed normal. I was […]

MLB Includes Ted Williams and Reggie Jackson to All-Time Latino Team: Does That Count?

Mary Mata October 5, 2012

By Latino Rebels This will lead to some interesting discussion about self-identity and heritage. Of course, it is Hispanic Heritage Month and everyone and their mother are promoting the worthy […]

Summer Means Nothing To Me Without Baseball

Mary Mata August 8, 2012

By Oscar Barajas, NewsTaco Baseball is a beautiful science. It ebbs and it flows, never giving up its balance. It is one of the few sports where fans cheering on […]

Fort Worth’s Liga Del Norte: Latino Baseball Gem

NewsTaco May 9, 2012

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco I found this story following a small trail down some Latino sports photo links. All it said was Hispanic baseball league. So of course I clicked. […]