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America's Ballparks

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New York City Firefighter Ken Hogan is a hero and a fantastic author. Baseball stadiums books are my thing and I have bought many of them. This one is one of the best ever written. Hogan goes to great lengths talking about the old forgotten ballparks and there are many many never before published photos. You will be 110% satisfied if you buy this book. God Bless you FF Hogan and thank you. NEVER FORGET 9/11.

I have many books on ballparks so when i saw Kenneth Hogan's "America's Ballparks" i was intrigued into buying it. I have to say i am a little disappointed. The book covers a lot of old ground as these ballpark books do but the only things i found remotely interesting were some of the old photos that haven't been used in other publications. The book is literally 'thrown' together with a potted history of each old and new park, dimension and capacity information and interspersed with photos but it looks like it was rushed to meet a publishers deadline. It's worth 3 stars for many of the photos but it's not particularly inspiring in any other way.

I AM AN AVID BASEBALL FAN AND AFTER READING AMERICAS BALLPARKS I KNOW WHY. THIS BOOK IS ONE OF THE MOST INFORMATIVE AND INTERESTING SPORTS BOOKS ON THE MARKET. THE AUTHOR EXPRESSES A LOVE FOR THE GAME AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS. THE INFORMATION ACCOMPANIED BY THE SPECTACULAR PICTURES WILL MAKE YOU WANT TO VISIT EACH ONE OF THESE NATIONAL TREASURES, AND IN THE CASE OF STADIUMS PAST, BUILD A TIME MACHINE TO BE A PART OF HISTORY. AND WHAT MAKES IT EVEN BETTER IS THE AUTHORS SELFLESS DEVOTION TO THE EMERGENCY SERVICE COMMUNITY. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO ALL.