Minor League ballgames offer a very different experience from the big leagues. The ballparks are much smaller and the players much more accessible. Reasonable ticket prices and between-innings entertainment (dizzy bat races, water balloon tosses) guarantee a fun family outing. Plus, you might get to watch the next Cal Ripken or Derek Jeter play. Ira Rosen spent several seasons traveling the nation to photograph some of the country s best Minor League ballparks and interview hundreds of current and former Minor and Major League players, managers, and coaches, broadcasters and writers about life in the Minors. Covers every level of the Minors, incl. the Independent Leagues. The perfect gift for every baseball fan. Photos. Oversize.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Limited in Scope,
By jeffincville (Beautiful Charlottesville) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The American Game: A Celebration of Minor League Baseball (Hardcover)
This book combines Studs Terkel-style commentary by baseball professionals with some background facts and pictures of selected minor league parks and the author's admittance tickets. Of all of the parks highlighted, I believe only one park falls outside of the Eastern Time Zone. No pictures of any of the parks in the Texas League, Pacific Coast League, or Pioneer League. Independent teams are limited to the Northeast. A great addition would have been John O'Donnell Stadium, located on the Mississippi River in downtown Davenport, Iowa or Bowen Field in Bluefield, West Virginia. Too many parks are Yankee affiliates or northeastern parks. With a title like "The American Game" and a Smithsonian imprint, I expected wider coverage.
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This review is from: The American Game: A Celebration of Minor League Baseball (Hardcover)
Enjoyed this author's first book and enjoyed his second one even more! Great pictures with great interviews of present and past ballplayers with their memories of minor league parks. Can spend days looking through this great book filled with so many great pictures. Enjoy as I did!
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Much to be desired,
By NA Miles "VDH" (West Rising Sun, IN) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The American Game: A Celebration of Minor League Baseball (Hardcover)
Nearly every featured ballpark is along the east coast, particularly New Jersey, Mass and NY. So the regionalism was very disappointing. I'm glad I did not pay very much for it. Mr. Rosen needs to leave his coastal environs to put together a complete book. The best parks are in mid-America, the south and out west. Typical.
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