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Blue Skies, Green Fields: A Celebration of 50 Major League Baseball Stadiums

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As a life-long baseball fan, I enjoy visiting ballparks around the country whenever I can. This book is wonderful! The pictures are fantastic and so are the interesting bits of trivia and information. I haven't yet bought my own copy of this book, but did buy it as a present for my father, who shares my love of baseball. The book is right next to his favorite chair where he can check it out while the ballgame is on. I enjoy thumbing through it trying to plan the next vacation where I can sneak in a game....If you are a baseball fan, or have one on your shopping list, this would be the perfect gift (short of World Series tickets for your home team).

This book is one of the best baseball books I have ever read. It beautifly incorporates pictures, quotes, and facts about baseball's best parks into a single rescource. This is the best book for baseball fans to learn about and enjoy America's ballparks. I would recommend it above any other baseball book. It would make an excellent holiday gift for everyone on your list.

I can spend hours , over and over ,reading and perusing the pictures in this book. Bravo to the writer who photographed and toured Major League parks throughout America, one of my dreams. The interviews about each park and the photos make this a "must own" to every fan of our National Pastime. This book will make a great gift for the upcoming holiday season. Thanks Ira Rosen!

Ira Rosen is a fine photographer. That being said it is amazing this book was published. There are countless errors, mainly chronological. He rarely got the right year of openings and closures of stadiums. Inexcusable. The quotes of players and other personalities don't make up for the errors however.

There are many ballpark books which provide more and better information about ballparks. If you are going to buy this book, it should be for the stunning photographs of modern ballparks, the best I have ever seen published.

This is a must buy for every baseball fan. This book has kept me captivated so far for hours reviewing each and every stadium. Great photo shots, great tidbits of info from Major Leaguers re their favorite parks and why. Kudos to Ira Rosen for a work of art to a Sports Fan.

this book by ira rosen is beatifully written and the photographs are outstanding. the amount of information contained in his book is overwhelming. the interviews he has put together are spectacular. i highly recommend this book to not only baseball fans but all who enjoy good reading and want to have the knowledge of baseball and its history. A+++

THIS BOOK IS A REAL TREAT FOR BASEBALL FANS OF ALL AGES.NUMEROUS BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS AND CRISP,CLEAR NARRATIVE MAKE THIS A COMPREHENSIVE AND INFORMATIVE READ.

great pictures and good stories...i really hope that i get to see all these places in person eventually...two thumbs up for the author....

A really beautiful coffee table book with pictures I've never seen before of just about all of the parks. Like the other recent ballpark books though, there are some factual errors (i.e. the renovation of the Oakland Coliseum happened in 1996, not 1998).
It's the huge color pictures that really capture the unique look of each park that makes this book special. A color picture of the Polo Grounds taken from the third base side during a game is most unique of the bunch.
I'm a little puzzled as to why the author included 1991 dimensions on all the parks that were in use during that season - has this been a ten year project to put together?