Keywords
Arete, Sport and Society, American Sport History, Baseball, Soccer, Recruiting, Children, Professional sports
Subjects
Professional sports; Professional athletes; Children; Soccer; Baseball
Introduction
New York(AP)-At a hastily called press conference today the New York Yankees announced that they had purchased Cuba, the island and the country. A Yankee spokesman would not reveal the purchase price, believed to be in the ten or eleven figure range, but did say that Yankees' owner George Steinbrenner would spare no expense to ensure that the Yankees would remain competitive.
Publication Date
8-3-2000
Document Type
Commentary
Type
Text
Format
application/pdf
Source Title
Sport and Society for Arete
Language
English
Collection
Publication Version
Author's version
Copyright Status
Author retained
College
College of Arts and Humanities
Department
History
Creator (Linked Data)
Crepeau, Richard C., 1941- (VIAF)
Recommended Citation
Crepeau, Richard C., "Buying Cuba and other Absurdities" (2000). On Sport and Society. 168.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/onsportandsociety/168
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