Cuba (1864-1908): The Origins of Modern Baseball

[Cubanball]

David, I have read your two posts concerning Cuban baseball. I would like to thank you for your efforts to bring out the importance of Baseball in Cuba during the formative years of modern baseball. I look forward to reading your Substack article. What I have seen so far from your posts and glancing over your article tells me you are very thorough and passionate about your research. We Cubans are very proud of our contribution to baseball's advancement. And I am jubilant to see that historians like yourself are discovering the importance of that contribution. Keep up the great work. And since we like images here I have added Pete Hills' Cabanas baseball card and Home Run Johnson's photo from and early Cuban baseball periodical.

[dbussell12]

Originally Posted by Cubanball

David, I have read your two posts concerning Cuban baseball. I would like to thank you for your efforts to bring out the importance of Baseball in Cuba during the formative years of modern baseball. I look forward to reading your Substack article. What I have seen so far from your posts and glancing over your article tells me you are very thorough and passionate about your research. We Cubans are very proud of our contribution to baseball's advancement. And I am jubilant to see that historians like yourself are discovering the importance of that contribution. Keep up the great work. And since we like images here I have added Pete Hills' Cabanas baseball card and Home Run Johnson's photo from and early Cuban baseball periodical.

Cesar -- thank you for leaving a comment. This is beautiful; I really appreciate your note. I do hope you enjoy the article.

I am very passionate; deeply passionate about the truth and telling the truth. The history of your country's relationship to baseball and the importance of the Cuban contribution in baseball's global story simply cannot be understated; hopefully we are at a point in time in history that baseball and world historical scholarship at large is ready to receive the real understanding of its importance.

It became quite clear to me through my research how deep of a heritage there is in Cuba. And I do not think you can even begin to consider the possibility of today's game without what the professional league did with its integration at the outset of the 1900s. It set the stage for everything the game was ready, willing, and able to become.

These are just fantastic cards you have shared here with me. Thank you for doing so! I would love to see more of your collection and your archives of Cuban baseball; hear stories you may wish to share. Please feel free to message me anytime -- I would deeply welcome the dialogue.

Thank you again; my best regards,
David

[paul]

Cesar, is there still only one example known of the Cabanas Pete Hill?

[Cubanball]

Originally Posted by paul

Cesar, is there still only one example known of the Cabanas Pete Hill?

I only know of one.

[Casey2296]

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Great card Cesar, love Cabanas.
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[Rare Stuff]

As a Cuban and collector of Cuban baseball cards, I truly appreciate your research. Thank you so much, Orlando
My YouTube channel has some of my collection
https://youtube.com/@acollectorsdrea...hsVcKVBiqRYOFV

[dbussell12]

Originally Posted by Rare Stuff

As a Cuban and collector of Cuban baseball cards, I truly appreciate your research. Thank you so much, Orlando
My YouTube channel has some of my collection
https://youtube.com/@acollectorsdrea...hsVcKVBiqRYOFV

Hello Orlando --

Thank you very much for your reply. You have done a great service to the hobby and to your fellow collectors and historical researchers yourself in your videos, especially your series where you went through your guide to collecting pre-war cards. I am as well grateful to make a contribution to our collective and to hopefully honor Cuban baseball; the wonderful heritage, tradition, history, and culture emergent from your country. I can only hope that more and more people begin to recognize the power and importance therein and the contribution Cuba has made to changing baseball forever, for the better, for everyone.

I also am aware that you were very ill lately; it is great to hear that you are on the mend and healing up. Thank you for your work as well; you have many people in the community and in the baseball world at large rooting for you and who greatly enjoy and appreciate who you are and what you do.

Thank you; my best,
David