America's Ballparks: A Trip Across the Country to Visit Baseball’s Playing Fields, Old and New - Couverture rigide

Hajeski, Nancy J.

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ISBN 10 : 076437012X ISBN 13 : 9780764370120

Editeur : Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2025

Synopsis

In this richly illustrated volume, experience the visual panorama of America's great ballparks—with photos, vintage postcards, illustrations, and team mementos, all displayed in a lively scrapbook style.

Nothing stirs the soul of a baseball fan like the crack of a bat against a ball . . . or the sight of a fielder leaping high into the air to snatch that ball out of play. What would these fans be without their favorite sport, and what would baseball be without those high-tiered, impossibly beautiful temples to the sport called ballparks? North Americans have treasured some wonderful venues from bygone eras, but sadly lost so many as well. Within the pages of this book readers can revel in the new builds—the retro-modern fields inspired by Baltimore’s Camden Yards, while looking fondly back at the older, more traditional ballparks often referred to as Jewel Boxes. In America’s Ballparks all 30 Major League Baseball stadiums are covered in detail, along with a brief history of their teams and background on any previous ballparks in which they played. Special features throughout the book include:

1. the design evolution and anatomy of ballparks
2. the home fields of the Negro Leagues
3. the top venues of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball.
4. There is even a section that examines the long partnership between baseball and corporate branding.
5. Each ballpark entry provides cumulative team stats, as well as lists of stadium firsts and club achievements.

|Nothing stirs the soul of a baseball fan like the crack of a bat against a ball . . . or the sight of a fielder leaping high into the air to snatch that ball out of play. What would these fans be without their favorite sport, and what would baseball be without those high-tiered, impossibly beautiful temples to the sport called ballparks?

North Americans have treasured some wonderful venues from bygone eras, but sadly lost so many as well. Within the pages of this book readers can revel in the new builds—the retro-modern fields inspired by Baltimore’s Camden Yards, while looking fondly back at the older, more traditional ballparks often referred to as Jewel Boxes. In America’s Ballparks all 30 Major League Baseball stadiums are covered in detail, along with a brief history of their teams and background on any previous ballparks in which they played. Special features throughout the book include:

• the design evolution and anatomy of ballparks
• the home fields of the Negro Leagues
• the top venues of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball.
• There is even a section that examines the long partnership between baseball and corporate branding.
• Each ballpark entry provides cumulative team stats, as well as lists of stadium firsts and club achievements.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Nancy J. Hajeski is a lifelong baseball fan, as well as the author of the biography of a sports legend-- Ali, The Official Story of the Greatest of All Time. She lives in New York.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Schiffer Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 076437012X
• ISBN 13: 9780764370120
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible