baseball fields

Provides a fun baseball cookbook that contains recipes from the American League Ballparks, from Chicago-style hot dogs at the White Sox's U.S. Cellular Field to a mouthwatering Cuban sandwich at the Tampa Bay Rays's Tropicana Field.

A brand new edition of the finalist for the 2008 Casey Award, presented annually to the best baseball book, 101 Baseball Places to See Before You Strike Out profiles America's greatest baseball museums, shrines, sports bars, pop culture landmarks and ballpark sites. From sandlots and skyboxes to TV rooms and sports bars, America's love for baseball has inspired countless memories, discussions, and tributes. Josh Pahigian takes us across America to explore the places where the game's history, culture, and lore come to life. Whether we travel by car or sit in the comfort of our favorite armchair, the book guides us to 101 amazing baseball places - including Ted Williams' boyhood home, the Field of Dreams movie site, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, the Chicago bar where the Cubs' "Curse of the Billy Goat" was born, Babe Ruth's grave, and scores of other captivating landmarks and curios. Replacing the now-extinct sites from the previous edition, updating entries for attractions that have moved, re-assigning coveted chapters to more inspiring baseball venues that have since opened, and including stunning color photos for nearly all of them, Josh Pahigian has created the perfect gift for any baseball fan.

Highlights differences in baseball stadiums. A picture packed book that takes a look at what makes the current Major League parks, and some of the famous old ones, so special.

"Ben, a sports analytics wizard, loves baseball. Eric, his best friend, hates it. But when Ben writes an algorithm for the optimal baseball road trip, an impossible dream of every pitch of 30 games in 30 stadiums in 30 days, who will he call on to take shifts behind the wheel, especially when those shifts will include nineteen hours straight from Phoenix to Kansas City? Eric, of course. Will Eric regret it? Most definitely"--Dust jacket flap.

Join Kelly and Matt on a trip to a Major League ballpark.

Examines the world of major and minor-league baseball through interviews with twenty-one people who work behind the scenes in jobs such as beer vendor, usher, clubhouse attendant, ticket seller, and mascot.

Craig Robinson, an English artist, illustrator, and writer, describes his love of baseball, tracing the sport's history, rivalries, clubs, and unique aspects of baseball with text, charts, graphs, and photographs.

Presents, in words and illustrations, a brief overview of some of baseball's best loved ballparks, including Fenway Park in Boston, Yankee Stadium in New York City, and Wrigley Field in Chicago, and examines their history and cultural significance.