The first owner of the Santurce Crabbers, Pedrin Zorrilla, was a visionary, with many Negro League and big league contacts (he signed up Josh Gibson, Satchel Paige, Roy Campanella, Ray Dandridge and Leon Day in the first decade). Santurce was the most successful winter league team of the 1950s, with three Caribbean Series titles. Roberto Clemente, Ruben Gomez, Willie Mays, Willard Brown and Bob Thurman played for the Crabbers. Tom Lasorda used to pitch for them. Santurce set up working agreements with the Giants, Orioles, Dodgers and Astros, among other teams. Earl Weaver and Frank Robinson were team managers; several Hall of Famers were early-career Crabbers. Orlando Cepeda and Tony (Tany) Perez played their entire winter league careers with Santurce. “recommended”― Library Journal ; “a fascinating look at a little-known but important piece of baseball history”― Sports Collectors Digest ; “one of the most storied franchises in the Caribbean”― The SABR Bulletin ; “gives us an insider’s view of the team’s greatness and foibles.... The book is peppered with incredible photos of dozens of well-known major leaguers and concludes with a complete roster of 60 years of teams, their records, and ‘selected Major League achievements earned by Santurce players through 1998’”― The Diamond Angle ; “a treasure trove...Van Hyning...has done a marvelous job”― The San Juan Star ; “a richly detailed history...a veritable who’s who of big league stars of the last half century. No less than 15 Hall of Famers have played or managed in Santurce”― The Clarion–Ledger (Jackson, Mississippi). Thomas E. Van Hyning, fluent in Spanish and formerly a research manager for the Mississippi Tourism Division, served 1991-1995 as U.S. correspondent for the Puerto Rico (PR) Professional Baseball Hall of Fame and is a current member of SABR's Latino Baseball Research Committee. He writes for The National Pastime, Baseball Research Journal, and PR Professional Baseball Hall of Fame website.