Frank P. Jozsa Jr. is the author of multiple books on sports, including Global Sports: Cultures, Markets and Organizations (2009), Major League Baseball Expansions and Relocations: A History, 1876-2008 (2009), Football Fortunes: The Business, Organization and Strategy of the NFL (2010), and College Sports Inc.: How Commercialism Influences Intercollegiate Athletics (2012). He is a retired professor of economics and business administration from Pfeiffer University.
This book is. . . an encyclopedia/reference work. . . . Jozsa
includes charts, lists of names, countries, major- and minor-league
players, executives, managers, the names of those who failed drug
tests, and all sorts of disparate information about baseball
players whom the author describes as 'foreign-born and Puerto
Rican.' There is a chapter about players in the American League,
another about the National League, then the minor leagues before he
moves to management and baseball operations. . . . There is a
bibliography that is comprehensive, with lists of books, articles,
and Internet sources, all in English and very useful. Summing Up:
Recommended. . . All collections.
*CHOICE*
Baseball beyond Borders provides a significant contribution to the
research on the international baseball community. . . .This is a
valuable book that will encourage readers to explore other books on
this topic.
*NINE: A Journal of Baseball History & Culture*
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