Book Excerpt: “Into Curaçao”

By Jason Daniels.

The following is an excerpt from an upcoming book that explores ten of the top baseball nations around the world. The accounts are told through a collection of vignettes, chance encounters, and a mosaic of travel, culture, and people speaking to baseball’s varied roles, vast impact, and global future. In early 2025, we published a series on the State of Dutch Baseball – specifically focused on the Netherlands. Here, we preview the other side – the baseball-mad Caribbean ...