The "golden age" of Latin American baseball talent in major league baseball -- The globalization of baseball -- The structure and dynamics of major league baseball's recruitment of foreign baseball talent -- Exploitation and mistreatment in the global ballpark, the tragic story of Alexis Quiroz -- "Papá, I want to play baseball!" -- Going to Vietnam -- In baseball purgatory -- The Mesa miracle -- The Dominican disaster -- "That's just your story" -- The pursuit of justice goes terribly wrong -- Seventh-inning stretch, Chicago, New York, Maracay -- The final inning -- Repairing the global ballpark -- Human rights, labor standards, and major league baseball's exploitation of children in Latin America -- Global ballpark repair strategies.