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BALLPARKS OF NORTH AMERICA
A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORICAL REFERENCE TO BASEBALL GROUNDS, YARDS AND STADIUMS, 1845 TO PRESENT |
| By: |
Michael Benson |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£39.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0786444215 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780786444212 |
| Publisher: |
MCFARLAND & CO INC |
| Pub. date: |
1 October, 2009 |
| Pages: |
505 |
| Description: |
A comprehensive encyclopedia of the grounds, yards and stadiums used for organized baseball from the invention of the sport in the 1840s to the present. It includes entries that give the location of the park, who played there and when, home run dimensions, seating capacity, architectural comments, attendance records, and anecdotes. |
| Synopsis: |
What grandstand collapsed during a game, killing twelve? How high is the Green monster in Fenway? In what park was the outfield fence only 187 feet from home plate? "Ballparks of North America" is a comprehensive encyclopedia of the grounds, yards and stadiums used for organized baseball from the invention of the sport in the 1840s to the present. Entries, listed alphabetically by community, cover everything from cornfields to Yankee Stadium. Each entry gives the location of the park, who played there and when, home run dimensions, seating capacity, architectural comments, attendance records, and anecdotes. This title includes over 100 photos and drawings, some rare. |
| Illustrations: |
167 photos, bibliography, index |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
McFarland & Co Inc |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |