{"product_id":"beisbol-on-the-air-jorge-iber-9781476687674","title":"Beisbol on the Air: Essays on Major League Spanish-Language Broadcasters","description":"\u003cp\u003e Both the U.S. population and Major League Baseball rosters have seen dramatic demographic changes over the past 50 years. The nation and the sport are becoming multilingual, with Spanish the unofficial second language. Today, 21 of 30 MLB teams broadcast at least some games in Spanish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Filling a gap in the literature of baseball, this collection of new essays examines the history of the game in Spanish, from the earliest \u003ci\u003elocutores\u003c\/i\u003e who called the plays for Latin American audiences to the League's expansion into cities with large Latino populations--Los Angeles, Houston and Miami to name a few--that made talented sportscasters for the \u003ci\u003efanaticos\u003c\/i\u003e a business necessity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jorge Iber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476687676\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476687674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/21\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.49d","brand":"Jorge Iber","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072473428223,"sku":"9781476687674","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4085ba8c-616f-482b-878c-68b7c2c87d55.jpg?v=1685442181","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beisbol-on-the-air-jorge-iber-9781476687674","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}