Baseball has changed dramatically since its early days. Today, the average ticket costs upwards of $20 and fans can feast on sushi from their luxurious air-conditioned seats. See how much America's favorite pastime has changed, and how much it's stayed the same in "Ballparks Then & Now." Crammed with history and facts, this unique city-by-city ...
Critically acclaimed author Curt Smith fulfills the wildest dreams of baseball fans everywhere by traveling through space and time in a vast, entertaining volume that spares readers the price of gas, food, lodging (and admission) and puts them in a field box at every big-league park in the pastime's historyfrom Fenway and Ebbets to Camden Yards ...
An enthusiastic irreverent but exhaustive guidebook to all the stadiums of Major League Baseball If the Tappet Brothers of Car Talk were to write a baseball guide this would be it
"Field of Schemes" is a play-by-play account of how the drive for new sports stadiums and arenas drains $2 billion a year from public treasuries for the sake of private profit. While the millionaires who own sports franchises have seen the value of their assets soar under this scheme, taxpayers, urban residents, and sports fans have all come out ...
From Sibert Award honoree Lynn Curlee comes a full-color illustrated exploration of where our national pastime is played. "Curlee's illustrations communicate not just information, but also excitement and sentiment."--"The New York Times Book Review."
Touring some of the greatest major league ballparks ever erected, this illustrated volume describes the features and obscure facts that make every ballpark unique and also examines the trends in stadium architecture over the past century. 110+ color and archival images.
The first book in a new series focusing on the history of sports arenas, Football Stadiums contrasts the stadiums used in the early days of pro football with those of today and those planned for the future. A behind-the-scenes look at the planning and developing of new stadiums, including what designers do to make fans feel part of the game. ...
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