If you are among the millions who look upon ballparks as shrines for season-long sacred ritual, then Big League Ballparks is the baseball bible you’ve been looking for. Packed with nearly a thousand breathtaking photos that take you inside the park and right into the action, this massive tome is your box seat for baseball’s evolution from the crude grounds of the 1890s to the opulent new stadiums opened in New York in 2009.
While discovering the stories of the country’s famous ballparks, you’ll also find engrossing sidebars on such topics as groundskeeping, the demise of the ballpark organist, corporate naming, and the advancement of stadium demolition. Further, a fact-filled timeline for each park covers stadium improvements, attendance figures, and other pertinent stats alongside the field’s most memorable games.
If you’ve ever walked into a major league stadium and felt a sense of awe, or gotten goose bumps just thinking about the hallowed homes of baseball’s past, then you’ll find Big League Ballparks a captivating page-turner to come back to again and again. As the life of each ballpark unfolds before your eyes, you’ll realize that you’ve found a one-of-a-kind masterpiece as rare as a perfect game.
