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The first modern concrete and steel stadium, Philadelphia's Shibe Park, was opened in 1909. Following in quick succession were more ballparks with their distinct personalities, among them the Polo Grounds in Manhattan, Boston's Fenway Park, Wrigley Field in Chicago and Brooklyn's Ebbets Field. In the '60s and '70s, Houston's Astrodome and similarly constructed stadiums, which Gershman describes as "concrete doughnuts," sprang up from Philadelphia to Seattle. Gershman is brutal in some assessments, likening the Metrodome in Minneapolis to a "circus tent on steroids" and Seattle's Kingdome to "a Tomahawk missile launch site." But, he suggests, the opening last year of Baltimore's enormously popular Camden Yards signals a move to recapture the flavor of an era past. In fact, the model for the Milwaukee Brewers projected park bears a remarkable resemblance to Ebbets Field. The 250 black-and-white photographs that Gershman ( The Score Board Book of Baseball Cards ) has assembled are exceptional. Many are rare, including one spine-tingler of Babe Ruth looking down the right field line at the old Polo Grounds. We get to see ballparks under construction (Yankee Stadium and Fenway Park), and are shown how some of these were remodeled to take the shape they hold in the memories of many readers. This book is for those who can recall the thrill of seeing their first big league game as a kid, and would like to revisit that special place again. Author tour.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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From the genesis of baseball's first recorded game at Elysian Fields, to the radical departure of the Houston Astrodome, to the splendor of Camden Yards, Gershman takes the reader on a journey through the venues that have housed America's favorite pastime. The most interesting chapters treat the early parks, explaining that they were constructed along trolley lines for easy access and that many were not built for baseball but were adapted for the sport. Also enlightening are the segments on the "Jewel Boxes," like Boston's Fenway Park--with its famed retaining wall, the "Green Monster"--and the analysis of modern facilities, such as the awe-inspiring megaplex Skydome. The lack of a crisp writing style is overshadowed by the large number of photographs and sketches. Recommended for general sports collections.
- Jeffrey Gay, Bridgewater P.L., Mass.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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The first modern concrete and steel stadium, Philadelphia's Shibe Park, was opened in 1909. Following in quick succession were more ballparks with their distinct personalities, among them the Polo Grounds in Manhattan, Boston's Fenway Park, Wrigley Field in Chicago and Brooklyn's Ebbets Field. In the '60s and '70s, Houston's Astrodome and similarly constructed stadiums, which Gershman describes as "concrete doughnuts," sprang up from Philadelphia to Seattle. Gershman is brutal in some assessments, likening the Metrodome in Minneapolis to a "circus tent on steroids" and Seattle's Kingdome to "a Tomahawk missile launch site." But, he suggests, the opening last year of Baltimore's enormously popular Camden Yards signals a move to recapture the flavor of an era past. In fact, the model for the Milwaukee Brewers projected park bears a remarkable resemblance to Ebbets Field. The 250 black-and-white photographs that Gershman ( The Score Board Book of Baseball Cards ) has assembled are exceptional. Many are rare, including one spine-tingler of Babe Ruth looking down the right field line at the old Polo Grounds. We get to see ballparks under construction (Yankee Stadium and Fenway Park), and are shown how some of these were remodeled to take the shape they hold in the memories of many readers. This book is for those who can recall the thrill of seeing their first big league game as a kid, and would like to revisit that special place again. Author tour.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
From the genesis of baseball's first recorded game at Elysian Fields, to the radical departure of the Houston Astrodome, to the splendor of Camden Yards, Gershman takes the reader on a journey through the venues that have housed America's favorite pastime. The most interesting chapters treat the early parks, explaining that they were constructed along trolley lines for easy access and that many were not built for baseball but were adapted for the sport. Also enlightening are the segments on the "Jewel Boxes," like Boston's Fenway Park--with its famed retaining wall, the "Green Monster"--and the analysis of modern facilities, such as the awe-inspiring megaplex Skydome. The lack of a crisp writing style is overshadowed by the large number of photographs and sketches. Recommended for general sports collections.
- Jeffrey Gay, Bridgewater P.L., Mass.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- The Greatest Ballpark Ever: Ebbets Field And The Story Of The Brooklyn Dodgers by Bob McGee in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Diamond in the Bronx: Yankee Stadium and the Politics of New York by Neil J. Sullivan in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Level Playing Fields: How the Groundskeeping Murphy Brothers Shaped Baseball by Peter Morris in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Diamond in the Bronx: Yankee Stadium and the Politics of New York by Neil J. Sullivan on page 199, and page 200
- Baseball's Greatest Season: 1924 by Reed Browning in Back Matter
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