Cesar Brioso

Journalist, Cuban baseball historian, published author who's keeping his day job at @usatodaysports. Author of #HavanaHardball and #LastSeasonsInHavana.

[Cesar Brioso @cbrioso]

Interested in buying signed copies of my #books: "Havana Hardball: #SpringTraining, #JackieRobinson and the #Cuban League" and "Last Seasons in #Havana: The Castro Revolution and the End of Professional #Baseball in #Cuba"? Message me directly!

[USA TODAY Sports @usatodaysports]

Ranking 10 best baseball movies of all time: Where does 'The Natural' land? https://t.co/cZerYXpwb3

[Eric Larsen @ericlarsen_usat]

Our @cbrioso with your weekend viewing list, in honor of RObert Redford: Ranking 10 best baseball movies of all time: Where does 'The Natural' land? https://t.co/iprBewoXa9 via @usatoday

[Cesar Brioso @cbrioso]

Author's copies of "Havana Hardball: Spring Training, Jackie Robinson and the Cuban League" arrived this week! Originally published on hard cover 10 years ago😲my first book will finally be available on paperback starting Sept. 30 from @floridapress: https://t.co/2aflN1UNwR

[Cesar Brioso @cbrioso]

Relive the tumultuous preseason before Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier by ordering "Havana Hardball: Spring Training, Jackie Robinson, and the #Cuban League," using the discount code 31AU825 (valid through Aug. 31, 2025).
https://t.co/guvzWe5Wyf

[Cesar Brioso @cbrioso]

Here's what the paperback cover for "Havana Hardball: Spring training, Jackie Robinson and the #Cuban League" will look like. Similar to the hardcover: same photo but different font for the title and subtitle. It will be out Sept. 30, 2025. https://t.co/guvzWe5Wyf

[Cesar Brioso @cbrioso]

Just found out that @floridapress is going to publish my book - "Havana Hardball: Spring Training, Jackie Robinson and the Cuban League" - in paperback as part of its Fall 2025 catalog. Should be out sometime in September.

[USA TODAY Sports @usatodaysports]

Luis Tiant, who died Tuesday at age 83, has thus far failed to gain induction into the Baseball Hal of Fame despite deserving career numbers. https://t.co/7hGPqQ5vJY

[USA TODAY Sports @usatodaysports]

Luis Tiant, whose twisting windup helped him win 229 games in a 19-year major league career, has died. He was 83. https://t.co/VHDQ400BYY

[MLB @MLB]

We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Luis Tiant. In a Major League career that spanned 19 seasons, "El Tiante" made three All-Star teams and won 20 or more games four times. Tiant won two ERA titles in the American League - one in 1968 for Cleveland, and another in 1972 for Boston. The Cuba native also pitched for the Yankees, Twins, Pirates and Angels. He was 83.

[USA TODAY Sports @usatodaysports]

Baseball 'visionary' gathering support to get on Hall of Fame ballot https://t.co/u93xforA7c

[Jim Koenigsberger @Jimfrombaseball]

Nat King Cole was attacked on stage & knocked down by a group of white men. People near front row jeered at Mr. Cole, "Negro, go home."
Outside the arena, officers found car containing rifles, a blackjack, brass knuckles.
Birmingham,`56
Cole presents Orestes Minoso the “Arthur Gardner Trophy” for being the best all-around Cuban ballplayer of 1956, Havana, January 3, 1957

[Sean Lahman @seanlahman]

This is big news and an important step forward. Great job by @cbrioso of explaining the complexities of this effort.

[USA TODAY Sports @usatodaysports]

Version 1.0: Negro Leagues statistics could soon be entered into MLB record book. https://t.co/9lXM3cDypF

[mike freeman @mikefreemanNFL]

Outstanding work (as usual) from ⁦@cbrioso⁩

Negro Leagues baseball stats nearing entry into MLB record book https://t.co/rZObnU459N

[Graig Kreindler @GraigKreindler]

Hall of Famer Johnny Mize claimed that Martín Dihigo “was the only guy I ever saw, who could play all nine positions, manage, run and switch-hit.” Here’s my painting of him with Habana in early 1923.

[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ⚾ @baseballhall]

Martín Dihigo's nickname says it all: El Maestro.

Dihigo is the only player enshrined in the Baseball Halls of Fame in the United States, Mexico and Cuba, earning election to Cooperstown with Pop Lloyd #OTD in 1977. https://t.co/CfB25838z4

#BlackHistoryMonth #SoulsoftheGame

[Francys Romero @francysromeroFR]

Sources: OF/SS Luis Enrique Gurriel Jr. (12) left Cuba in recent days and will seek to sign with an MLB team in the future.

He was member of the Cuban National team in Little Leagues last August. Luis is the cousin of Lourdes Jr. and Yuli Gurriel. His father played for 20 seasons in Cuba.

The emigration of Cuban baseball has considerably reduced his average age. Since 2017, increasingly younger players are leaving the island. From the last Cuba U-12 team (February 2023), 5 players aged 12 have already left the country.

[Cesar Brioso @cbrioso]

Happy to have contributed the chapter on Hall of Famer and @Twins broadcaster @TonyOliva6 to @McFarlandBooks' new book on @MLB's Spanish-language broadcasters. https://t.co/rZbkDeu6T4

[Daniel de Malas @daniel_malas]

OF: Al Gionfrido, Samuel Jethroe, Monte Irvin y Santos Amaro
P: Agapito Mayor, Conrado, Eddie Wright, Morris Martin, René Solís, Jorge Comellas, Octavio Rubert y Vicente López
Manager: Fermín Guerra
#Cuba🇨🇺won undefeated with a 6-0 record
Venezuela 3-3
Panama 2-4
Puerto Rico 1-5

[Daniel de Malas @daniel_malas]

Almendares B.B.C, one of the most important teams in #Cuban 🇨🇺 history is here on "Fotos" magazine

1946-1947 Championship season, showcasing several great players on his roster

Cuban legend Dolf Luque was the manager, one of 1⃣9⃣ years at the helm of Almendares