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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherRunning Press
ISBN-101579121128
ISBN-139781579121129
eBay Product ID (ePID)1759290
Product Key Features
Book TitleTake Me Out to the Ballpark : an Illustrated Guide to Baseball Parks Past and Present
Number of Pages128 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2000
TopicBaseball / History, Baseball / General
IllustratorYes
GenreSports & Recreation
AuthorJosh Leventhal
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight44.1 Oz
Item Length13.4 in
Item Width13.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN00-044483
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal796.357/06/873
Table Of ContentIntroduction (8) Fenway Park (16) Braves Field (20) Root, Root, Root for the Home Team (21) Leading the Cheers: Organists, PA Announcers and Mascots (22) Baseball in the Big Apple (24) Yankee Stadium (25) Shea Stadium (28) Polo Grounds (30) Ebbets Field (32) Veterans Stadium (34) Baker Bowl (35) Shibe Park (36) Oriole Park at Camden Yards (38) Memorial Stadium (40) What's in a Name? (41) Minor League Ballparks of the Northeast (42) Griffith Stadium (44) Olympic Stadium (46) SkyDome (48) Three Rivers Stadium (50) Forbes Field (52) Negro Leagues in the East (54) Jacobs Field (56) League Park (58) Cleveland Stadium (59) Crosley Field (60) Let There Be Lights! The Development of Night Baseball (62) Cinergy Field (63) Tiger Stadium (64) Comerica Park (67) Buy Me Some Peanuts and Cracker Jacks: Foods at the Ballpark (68) Milwaukee County Stadium (70) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (72) Minor League Ballparks of the Midwest (74) Wrigley Field (76) Comiskey Park II (79) Midwest Ballparks of the Past (82) Busch Stadium (83) Sportsman's Park (84) Kauffman Stadium (87) Negro Leagues in the Midwest (88) Turner Field (95) Launching Pads and Homer Domes (91) Minor League Ballparks of the South (92) Pro Player Stadium (94) Tropicana Field (95) Negro Leagues in the South (96) Astrodome (98) Enron Field (100) Minor League Ballparks of Texas (101) The Ballpark in Arlington (102) On the Boards: Scoreboards and Billboards (104) Coors Field (106) Bank One Ballpark (108) Qualcomm Stadium (109) Edison International Field (110) Dodger Stadium (112) Pacific Bell Park (115) Candlestick Park (116) Fields of Green: The Groundskeepers (118) Network Associates Coliseum (120) SAFECO Field (122) Minor League Ballparks of the West (124) Chronology of Major League Ballparks: 1871-2000 (126) References and Illustration Credits (128)
SynopsisFeaturing hundreds of full-color photographs and illustrations of every Major League ballpark, famous stadiums from the past, and dozens of Minor and Negro league parks, Take Me Out to the Ballpark has surely earned its place as one of the most beloved baseball books. New stadiums in this completely revised and updated edition include Citizens Bank Ballpark (Philadelphia), PETCO Park (San Diego), and the newly renovated RFK Stadium (Washington, D.C.) home to the Washington Nationals. Crammed with the statistics baseball fans love, Take Me Out to the Ballpark will hit a home run with legions of new readers this fall.