Author working the Caribbean Series at picturesque Roberto Clemente Walker Stadium in Carolina, Puerto Rico (February 2007)

Author with Cuban legend Bert Campaneris at 1998 Cuban Old-Timers Game in Miami’s Pro Player Stadium (September 1998)

Pete Bjarkman in Havana’s Latin American Stadium with Cuban League Baseball Commissioner Carlitos Rodriguez Acosta (May 2007)

Bjarkman presenting a copy of A HISTORY OF CUBAN BASEBALL, 1864-2006 to Alfredo Santana, representative of the Matanzas (Cuba) Pena Deportiva (May 2007)

Author (second from right) visits with Pena Deportiva (Cuban version of Society for American Baseball Research) in Matanzas (May 2007)

Author directing Cuba-USA post-game press conference in Rotterdam with Cuban manager Higinio Velez (left) and Team USA manager Davy Johnson (September 2005).

Bjarkman’s favorite place to work or see a ball game is Havana’s historic Latin American Stadium.

Author (far right) enjoying the view from the Cubavision TV booth at 2005 World Cup action in Rotterdam’s Neptunuus Stadium. Cuban media (left to right include TV voice Hector Rodriguez, the legendary and now deceased Eddy Martin, and Granma beat writer Sigfredo Barros (September 2005).

Author (center) with friends in the Cuban press corps covering Holland’s World Cup XXXVI (September 2005).