101 Baseball Places to See Before You Strike Out (Hardcover)

by Josh Pahigian (Author)
Key Phrases: fall league, double play, west field, World Series, Babe Ruth, Negro Leagues (more...)

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Product Description

This book provides profiles of 101 ballpark attractions, museum exhibits, statues, plaques, gravesites, shrines, bars, restaurants, and pop culture landmarks that reflect the game’s rich history and quirky lore. 

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The game of baseball has launched thousands of attractions that reflect the game’s rich history and quirky lore: shrines and gravesites, museum exhibits, statues, plaques, bars and restaurants, pop culture landmarks, and more. Josh Pahigian has gathered 101 of the very best of the best along with a collection of essays that explain where to find these sites and how they reflect the soul of this classic American sport.

Among the top places to visit are the St. Paul Saints’ Midway Stadium, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center, the Billy Goat Tavern, the Field of Dreams movie site, the Jackie Robinson Center, Lenny Dykstra’s Car Wash, and Shoeless Joe Jackson Memorial Park.

Whether you are an armchair traveler, a sports fan, or a lover of local folklore, this intriguing and colorful tribute to the game will be a welcome addition to your sports collection.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: The Lyons Press (March 4, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 159921251X
• ISBN-13: 978-1599212517
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #40,054 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a Fun Book, February 26, 2008

By	Tom Wilcox "baseball fan" (Michigan) - See all my reviews

I just received a copy of this book a few days ago and I've really enjoyed looking at all of the colorful pictures and reading the interesting and sometimes funny essays. Some of the sites I'll visit (like the Field of Dreams Movie Site), others I think I'll skip (like the courthouse where Joe Jackson couldn't say it wasn't so) but it's fun learning about them all. Good book for a snowy day.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Baseball Nut, February 14, 2009

By	C. Ruginski "Lab Crazy" (Warwick,RI USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this book for my son for Christmas. It turns out that the entire family enjoyed it. We keep it on the coffee table in the living room and everyone is drawn to it and can't put it down once they start perusing it's pages! Great book of baseballs shrines and places everyone should take the time to see.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book, but you won;t see them all, January 31, 2009

By	Steven Katz (Brooklyn) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Josh has written another fine book. Many of the places he
lists I have already seen and he is right on. Many of the
others are way out of the way for me ( I am in New York)).
Great for a family of baseball fans.