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Spanish to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Sports / Fitness / Recreation / Baseball | |||||||
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4 +2 | back-up/utility player |
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4 | bench player |
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3 | second-string |
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3 | substitute |
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Playing America's Game: Baseball, Latinos, and the Color Line |
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bench player Explanation: 5 Major League Baseball Bench Players Who Deserve More ... https://www.numberfire.com/mlb/.../5-major-league-baseball-b... Jul 18, 2014 - 5 Major League Baseball Bench Players Who Deserve More Credit:We love to pay attention to the regular starters, but don't forget about the ... Starting lineup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starting_lineup Wikipedia For the line of action figures, see Starting Lineup (toy line). ... are commonly referred to as starters, whereas the others are substitutes or bench players. ... In both baseball and basketball, it is common for players' positions to be denoted by a ... |
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second-string Explanation: An option. |
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back-up/utility player Explanation: I prefer back-up. https://www.google.es/?gws_rd=ssl#q="baseball" "a backup pla... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 11 mins (2015-03-03 17:09:01 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- https://www.google.es/?gws_rd=ssl#q="baseball" "a utility pl... |
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Reference Reference information: Jane: I know little about baseball, but perhaps I am playing devil's advocate. There are a few references to "Hiram Bithorn" where "refuerzo" is mentioned (an "outsider"). Here are the references for what they are worth: http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/0ebf1b32 After each season in the States he returned to Puerto Rico to play in the Winter League, wearing the San Juan Senators uniform. Initially, because of his minor-league record in the United States, the Puerto Rican Professional Winter League classified him as blanquito (white), and then briefly changed it to ** refuerzo (outsider) **before finally allowing him to play as a nativo. 16 When San Juan manager Juan Torruella resigned only two weeks into the 1938 winter season, the Senadores chose 22-year-old Bithorn as manager, making him the youngest manager in the history of the Puerto Rican Professional Winter League.17 http://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/sites/default/files/Journal/... by A BURGOS JR - 1996 - Cited by 1 - Related articles Two members of this group were Hiram Bithorn and Sal "Chico". Hernandez ... Bithorn began his initial season as a refuerzo and not as a nativo." The case ...... media's perception of these ball players remained outside their analysis. For more ... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 30 mins (2015-03-03 17:28:22 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Two glossaries: http://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/English_to_Spanish.pd... http://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/Spanish_to_English.pd... |
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